Response by Rick Thigpen

So the fat lady hasn't sung yet in the 2005 election, but Corzine remains in the driver's seat. Maybe Forrester can draw some solace from losing by a respectable margin. For Corzine, his raison d'etre is now GOTV. If Corzine does a good job turning out his very diverse democratic base, he will be in great shape.

Forrester seems unlikely to mount a ninth inning rally, his best hope is really for Corzine to commit a late error that gives him the game. As they usually do, New Jersey voters have made this race closer, but have yet to bring Forrester much above the 40% mark, which is not good enough.

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Comment by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Academic Associate, Rick Thigpen (J.D., Columbia University Law School). Rick is a former Executive Director of the New Jersey Democratic Party and now a partner in The Strategy Group and is a campaign coordinator for the Essex County Democratic Party. Rick Thigpen, Esq. can be reached at (609) 394-0888.