Throughout the last election cycle, US Attorney and Bush Pioneer Chris Christie dogged Bob Menendez with a Federal corruption investigation.  There were plenty of leaks from his office, and Tom Kean Jr used them to further the idea that he was a clean candidate running against a corrupt machine guy.  I met Menendez and spent some time with him, and it was pretty clear that he's just a nerdy and serious wonk.  With the new attorney purge scandal out, it looks more possible that the investigations could have simply been political in nature.  What's remarkable is that the investigations didn't really hurt Menendez in 2006 - voters had in some sense already concluded that this was a political witch hunt.

Anyway, Bluejersey's been on the case for quite some time, going back and forth with Star Ledger columnist Tom Moran.  Moran doesn't agree with Bluejersey, but what's remarkble is how commonplace this kind of exchange is, the dialogue between blogs in New Jersey and traditional media.  It may come out that Christie's investigation was warranted or that Christie was acting as a political hack - he's always been mentioned as a possible candidate for higher office.  It's great to see Bluejersey as part of the media landscape in NJ, and it's well-deserved.  Bravo.  And bravo to the voters in New Jersey, who saw through the ginned up nonsense.