This year’s gubernatorial election (and where the heck did THAT word come from? Shouldn’t it be “governatorial”?) is an important one. Jon Corzine had some interesting ideas as governor, but he basically did not either deal with the state’s fiscal crisis, nor do anything to really cut our high property taxes. It was not totally his fault, since the politics of the legislature and the Recession interfered with his plans, but as governor he needs to take a portion of the blame.

Chris Christie, however, has absolutely no plan for running the state when he is governor. His ads in which he supposedly presents his “program” merely state that he will do impossible things such as cut taxes, balance the budget, and bring jobs back to the state, without a single specific.

That leaves Independent candidate Chris Daggett, who at least has a plan to deal with the state’s fiscal crisis. He does not claim that he will unilaterally lower taxes, as Christie claims, because that is obviously impossible. And he will impose a bit of hardship on some people, such as state employees, which might affect teachers as well, but difficult times do require tough solutions.

But voting for Daggett might the same thing that the Florida voters who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 did, drain sufficient votes from one candidate to enable a considerably-worse one to win the election. Chris Christie frightens me, so while I think Daggett might be the best governor, I need to vote for Jon Corzine as a vote against Christie.