| Murray and Jim, I think that in principle it is a good idea to declare a financial emergency (largely because there actually is one). On what first principles could Christie build, however, especially given the present constitution? (One thinks of all the Abbott interpretations of the education clause, for instance, and Christie would have a hard time – at a minimum – overriding the judiciary.) Plus, could Christie feasibly risk at his inauguration proposing a wholesale restructuring of the state? I wonder, actually. I think that if Christie promised a wholesale review of NJ government, and a major reform bill for 2011 which contained the fruits of the study, that could prepare the electorate and get a lot of people looking at the structural flaws of NJ government.
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