Corzine has been endorsed by the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Trenton Times and Bergen Record.
From the Inquirer: Despite Corzine's flaws, the Democrat's record shows a capacity to go against the state's traditional politics and improve its government . . .Corzine has taken some of the sternest steps in memory to push school and municipal consolidation, while capping property levies. But he has managed only to significantly slow the growth of property taxes, not reduce them . . .
Some of Corzine's imperfect victories are nevertheless remarkable for a New Jersey governor - and hard to imagine under the state's usual government by insiders.
From the Record: Corzine's personality is not well-suited for elected office. But his lack of charisma is tempered by a genuine desire to improve public education, expand health coverage and attract new business to New Jersey. In good times, these laudable goals would make him popular. But with public coffers bleeding red, an expansive social agenda is impractical . . .
[But] Corzine, for all his flaws, has made inroads toward reforming government . . . They are half steps, but they are steps in the right direction.
Christie is endorsed by the Atlantic City Press, Asbury Park Press, Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, Home News Tribune of East Brunswick and the Courier News of Bridgewater.
From the Courier-Post: This election . . . represents a chance to oust a governor, Jon Corzine, who has shown over four years a surprising willingness, for someone self-funded in his campaigns, to lay down for all the special-interest, mega-campaign donors who basically want everything in this state to stay exactly as it is . . .
Despite building a nearly impeccable resume as a corruption buster, Christie is really centering his campaign on a brand of old-fashioned fiscal conservatism that New Jersey needs now more than ever. He says New Jersey taxes too much and spends too much . . . We agree completely.
From the Press of Atlantic City: Christie earned his reputation as an . . . energetic corruption-buster. We believe he would make an effective governor as well - one who would bring some fiscal sanity to state government, one who would set a no-nonsense tone in Trenton . . .
Christie . . . has been faulted for a lack of specifics regarding how he'd deal with the state's huge budget problems. But what Christie does have is a fiscal philosophy and a great deal more realism than he's been given credit for . . .
We are troubled by his cavalier attitude regarding reimbursement limits on government travel expenses, as well as the appearance of political posturing while he served as U.S. attorney. Still, these ethical questions - hammered home by the moneyed Corzine campaign - do not outweigh qualities that make him the right person to fix what's wrong in Trenton.
Daggett has been endorsed by the state's largest paper, the Star-Ledger of Newark:
The Star-Ledger today endorses independent candidate Chris Daggett and recommends his election as the next governor of New Jersey.
[This] decision is less a rejection of Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Chris Christie than a repudiation of the parties they represent, both of which have forfeited any claim to the trust and confidence of the people of New Jersey. They share responsibility for the state's current plight.
Only by breaking the hold of the Democratic and Republican mandarins on the governor's office . . . will the state have any hope for the kind of change needed to halt its downward economic, political and ethical spiral.
New Jersey needs radical change in Trenton. Neither of the major parties is likely to provide it. Daggett's election would send shock waves through New Jersey's ossified political system and, we believe, provide a start in a new direction.
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