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New polling in the governor's race suggests that next week's visit by President Barack Obama may not give Governor Jon Corzine the boost in his sagging poll numbers that the campaign would hope. The poll, taken on behalf of the Republican Governors Association, shows that an overwhelming majority of voters say their vote in the governor's race will have "nothing to do" with their opinion of President Obama.
The Corzine campaign quickly dismissed the poll's result. "A partisan poll released by the RGA in support of their right-wing standard-bearer is not a surprise," said Corzine campaign spokesman Sean Darcy. Still, the result has to be a little troubling for the Corzine campaign, which is pinning its hopes of turning the race in their favor on tying the governor as closely to the president as possible, while equally closely tying Republican challenger Christopher Christie to former president George W. Bush.
Perhaps coincidentally, the Corzine campaign announced today that high ticket demand was forcing it to move the Obama event from Rutgers University to the PNC Bank Arts Center.
The result is bad news for both the Corzine campaign and the president, who is taking a significant political risk in publicly backing Corzine in the race. A loss by the incumbent governor in November will make Obama appear weakened and invite further challenges from minority Republicans and dissident Democrats in Washington. On a national level, that could translate into Republican gains in the 2010 mid-term Congressional elections.
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