Countdown '09: New Jersey and Virginia (12 Days)
NEW JERSEY (RCP Average: Christie +0.4)
*Loads of coverage of the Obama/Corzine rally yesterday is exactly what the campaign was hoping for. Mike was there, too.
*Christie called the Obama visit a sign of Corzine's weakness.
*Bloomberg looks at Corzine's Beltway surrogate strategy, which also now includes Caroline Kennedy.
*A closer look at the Daggett factor, dominating operatives' attention. Wall Street Journal also profiles him.
*A WSJ columnist says Daggett has risen because Christie has flopped.
*The Inquirer profiles Corzine, and the "learning curve" he faced taking office four years ago. The New York Times Magazine also looks at Corzine's bid.
*Answering GOP calls for transparency, Corzine released info on his charitable donations.
*Tonight there is one final debate, on radio, featuring the three candidates.
VIRGINIA (RCP Average: McDonnell +10.9)
*Deeds is taking part in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's forum tonight in Hampton; McDonnell will do so tomorrow.
*Another poll found Deeds down by double digits, but Obama is coming Tuesday to Norfolk and is featured in a new TV ad.
*AP calls the president Deeds's "biggest gun."
*McDonnell touted his socially-conservative principles to a crowd of conservatives yesterday.
*New York Times weighs in on Virginia's gun show loophole.
*National Review editor Rich Lowry calls McDonnell a "conservative pragmatist."
*McDonnell is on a "New Jobs, New Virginia" tour.
*Washington Examiner endorses McDonnell.
*Falls Church News-Press endorses Deeds.



