NEW JERSEY: How bad must it get? “All might have been forgiven had Corzine managed the state’s finances effectively. But New Jersey is once again leading in the wrong indicators (e.g., business unfriendliness, property taxes) and losing employers to lower taxed and less hostile surrounding states. So it is no wonder that Corzine’s approval rating is dismal. It’s hard to imagine that a governor who is regarded favorably by less than 40 percent of voters could survive. Yet the race is close, and getting closer. Democrats enjoy a 600,000-vote margin in party registration, so once again observers are left wondering just how bad things have to get and how inept an office holder must be for Blue State voters to give a Republican a try.”