JON CORZINE

Besides giving a shout out to Wally Edge at Wednesday's New Jersey Legislative Correspondents Association Dinner ("As Wally always says, 'Hold Me Accountable.'" ... and you know we will.) Gov. Jon Corzine had some kind words for the state's political reporters and poked fun at the Star-Ledger's Josh Margolin and their declining circulation, and the Garden State's colorful array of political characters.

Click here to view Corzine's powerpoint presentation.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a 70%-22% approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.  Governor Jon Corzine had an upside-down 37%-52% approval rating in the most recent Quinnipiac poll of New Jersey voters.

Anthony Coley, who served as Jon Corzine’s Communications Director, first in Washington and then in Trenton, is the new Communications Director for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy

Supporters of Barack Obama have Jon Corzine in their sites: the New Jersey Governor is viewed as one of the high profile Hillary Clinton supporters that need to jump in order to end the extended contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. Corzine, an early Clinton supporter, has dropped hints in recent weeks that he doesn’t want to see Democrats continue the battle into August, and he’s an Obama friend – Corzine, an Illinois native, was the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman during the 2004 campaign – and it won’t surprise New Jersey Democrats if Corzine is among the first to break.  But then again, nothing Corzine does really surprises people anymore.

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