As we’ve seen played over the summer the discourse that has taken place over health care reform has shown us that there is a shrinking middle ground in our public discourse, something I have written about before. I have seen it up close in the halls of Trenton where politicians of old, lament the way partisanship has ended the cross aisle discourse and consensus building. I see it when I go to rally or watch TV ads where caricatures are made of one’s opponent. Out of all the viable candidates for Governor so far, only Chris Daggett has attempted to focus on the issues, its unfortunate that the candidate that is the long shot is also the only candidate that feels that they can simply focus on the issues and propose realistic pragmatic solutions that won’t please everyone, but if that’s the case you often know your on the right path. In the next several weeks I expect BCAL will have an opportunity to speak with Governor Corzine and Mr. Christie, so that the people of Bayonne don’t need to dig for the truth or depend on what the surrogates say. They will hear it from the horses mouth.