The Future of The Republican Party in New Jersey

The day of reckoning for the future of New Jersey has arrived. Tomorrow we vote and elect our next Governor. As Conservatives, with principles and beliefs about how our government should be run, we have abhorrent choices to make.

Jon Corzine simply has no redeeming qualities in which to vote for him. He has destroyed our state in ways to numerous to mention here.

Chris Daggett has ideas on which to return New Jersey to economic prosperity. Being a conservative, I reject his ideas in total, they are nothing less than more government, more spending, and more taxes. In the end, his plans will do nothing to help our state.

Chris Christie and our Republican party have spent months, no actually years, telling conservatives that we don’t matter, that we should sit down, shut up and do what we are told come election day. Chris Christie has put forth no plan to restore our state to prosperity. Chris Christie has put forth no plan on ANYTHING! His entire campaign has been based on “Vote for me, I’m not Corzine”. 

For most of the last week it has become apparent that the Republican party elite realize that while their chosen candidate is close to winning tomorrow, it also became apparent that their chosen candidate is very close to losing an election that a conservative would be winning by 20 points, even in New Jersey.

Over the past several days the RINO’s and Republican party elite’s have come knocking on Conservatives’ doors all over the state. They have trotted out Steve Lonegan, Mike Doherty, Michael Illions, etc. etc. etc. While there are many more, there is an even larger number of Conservatives in this state who are angered, dismayed, and beside themselves at respected conservatives doing the same thing they have done in past years – namely doing what they are told come election day.

While some will argue that our election tomorrow has national implications, I simply reject that! Our election tomorrow is about taking the Republican party in the right direction. Do you believe Chris Christie will do that? Do you believe Chris Christie is capable of that? Our election tomorrow is about principles and beliefs. Does Chris Christie have any? Our election tomorrow is about telling the RINO’s that we, as conservatives, will no longer sit back and let you dictate to us that we will vote for unprincipled candidates. Our election tomorrow is about those of us with principles telling you that we will have a seat at the table, that we will have our voices heard!

There has been a lot of talk about writing in Steve Lonegan. If you choose to do that, you will have voted, and your vote will show up in the “other” column on Wednesday morning.

There has been a lot of talk about voting for Jason Cullen, as that vote will clearly be a conservative vote and we will see the raw numbers on Wednesday morning. While they are sure to be far less than what Steve Lonegan pulled in June, it is a way to measure the conservative vote.

Those are our choices. It is vitally important that we vote tomorrow, it is not vitally important that we allow ourselves to be ignored.

We aren’t going to see an appreciable difference in the way any one of the three leading candidates will govern over the next four years. Our state is broke, our citizens are taxed too much, and our businesses operate in a climate of onerous regulation. Do you think Chris Christie will change any of that? Even Jon Corzine will have trouble raising taxes even higher during the next four years.