No wonder Chris Christie keeps insisting he's not a candidate for President.
In the national Republican universe, where flickering starlets like Michele Bachmann provide but a dim array of hope for 2012, the New Jersey governor's supernova still blazes.
But Christie's luster is fading closer to home; his approval rating among New Jerseyans has plunged 13 percent since January.
Only 43 percent of state residents think Christie is doing a good job; 53 percent say he isn't.
Polls fluctuate, of course, and poll results are readily spin-able.
So here's mine: The numbers suggest traction for a message (or "narrative," or "meme") to counter the slick triumphalism of those state GOP "New Jersey comeback" commercials.
Can the divided, dispirited Democrats of New Jersey figure out a way to say and do this?
Look for more poll results.
In November.