SEIU is stepping up its campaign efforts in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, tapping into the state’s Democratic leanings by tying Dem Gov. Jon Corzine to the much more popular President Obama — and Republican candidate Chris Christie to the very unpopular former President George W. Bush.
Here’s a new mailer, telling recipients that “One man will work with the president. The other will fight him.” Christie’s service as a U.S. Attorney, which has been the centerpiece of his political appeal, is also tied to “Bush-era corruption”: “George W. Bush made Chris Christie his top New Jersey lawyer after Christie and his lobbyist friend raised about $350,000 for Bush and the National Republican Party.”
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SEIU also has this TV ad, asking “So what do we know about Chris Christie?” The answer in the ad involves Christie’s positions against pre-school funding, paid family leave, and mandates for insurance company coverage of mammograms:
