Corruption – What Corruption?

Republicans welcomed the likely gubernatorial match-up with U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., saying the orchestrated pressure he put on acting Gov. Richard J. Codey not to challenge him is representative of the political corruption they are fighting against.

The two leading Republican gubernatorial candidates — Bret Schundler and Doug Forrester —said Corzine’s ability to discourage a Democratic primary shows how serious political corruption is in New Jersey.

“The Democratic Party does not allow the people to vote for a nominee. You have bosses who chose the guy they know will carry water for them,” Schundler, the 2001 Republican gubernatorial candidate, said Monday. “He’s up to his eyeballs with IOUs to them.”