Here is perhaps my favorite section from the speech.

The Star-Ledger covered the speech, mainly discussing Corzine's focus on reform and the fact that he's not the most exciting speaker on the planet. But even if the way he said things was not groundbreaking, it seems to be agreed that what he said most certainly was.

Early on in the campaign, before I even started blogging here, I had a conversation with Matt about the gubernatorial race. A point that was made during that phone call that New Jersey is an interesting political microcosm. It's a blue state, but it's certainly not a no-man's land for Republicans. It's an incredibly diverse state, ethnically speaking. It's home to everything from family farms (it is, after all, the Garden State) to high-tech businesses. In other words, the state has the potential to be an amazing laboratory for progressive governance that can serve as an example to the nation. Governor Corzine is the right person to realize that potential.