Chris Christie has a new TV ad featuring Tom Kean, a former governor and former chairman of the 9/11 Commission — easily the most popular Republican in Democratic-leaning New Jersey.
“I hope you’re as sick and tired of all these negative commercials as I am,” Kean says. “Let me tell you the truth. I’ve known Chris Christie since he was a leader in Livingston High School. He’s a good and a decent man. Chris Christie is the only candidate with a plan to cut taxes and wasteful spending and to bring jobs back to New Jersey. I trust Chris Christie and will vote for him. Chris Christie and New Jersey would be perfect together.”
Kean was a very popular governor back in the 1980’s, winning re-election in 1985 with a whopping 71% of the vote, the biggest landslide in New Jersey gubernatorial history. The question is whether he can still move votes for another candidate, 20 years after he left office — for example, his son Tom Kean Jr. lost the 2006 Senate race.
