Harriet Miers

A new Strategic Vision poll shows Jon Corzine leading Doug Forrester by six points, 46%-40%. Corzine's favorables are at 42%-41%, while Forrester's are at 41%-37%. More than half of the voters surveyed -- 55% -- said they would have preferred different candidates.

President George W. Bush's approval rating in New Jersey is at 35%-58%. 47% approve of his appointment of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court, while 39% disapprove.

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Two New Jerseyans who went to Southern Methodist University Law School with U.S. Supreme Court Justice-designate Harriet Miers: Union County Surrogate James LaCorte and former Belvidere Mayor Bradford Day. Miers graduated in 1970, while LaCorte and Day were in the Class of 1972.

What do Senator Jon Corzine and U.S. Supreme Court Justice-designate Harriet Miers have in common? They both gave $1,000 to the 1988 re-election campaign of Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Miers, President George W. Bush's second pick for the top court, gave $1,000 to the Democratic National Committee that year; Corzine's contribution to the DNC in the same cycle was $10,000. But Corzine and Miers had different horses in the '88 presidential race: Miers donated $1,000 to Al Gore, while Corzine gave to five other presidential candidates -- Bruce Babbitt, Joseph Biden, Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt and Paul Simon. For trivia buffs: in 1988, Corzine also contributed $500 each to New Jersey's two U.S. Senate candidates -- Democrat Frank Lautenberg and Republican Pete Dawkins.