Bugging Out In NJ
After being on the offense for much of the summer, ex-U.S. Atty Chris Christie (R) has been forced to play defense for the last couple of weeks. Most recently, he needed to apologize for failing to disclose a loan to a former subordinate.
The latest, um, disappointment: falling short at the New Jersey Pest Management Association's 15th annual governors cockroach race. Earlier this afternoon the giant Madagascar hissing cockroach -- they're about two-and-
a-half inches long -- representing Christie lost by a staggering six lengths to his Corzine counterpart at the association's expo at Rutgers University.
With a crowd of some 500 cheering them on, "Corzine" and "Christie" raced down a six-foot long track divided into lanes by a thin red line. Corzine "was veering to the left a little," while Christie "was hanging on the right," says Len Douglen, the association's executive director.
"In the heat of the race," Douglen added, "Christie faded." So does today's result foreshadow who will win in November? Douglen says the roach who wins accurately predicts the real winner 84% of the time. That said, last year the John McCain roach won and the real Barack Obama went on to seal NJ and the White House. "The only thing these roaches will tell you," Douglen says, "is not to eat in a restaurant that has them."
[SEAN J. MILLER]
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