Banana Republic

Is New Jersey a Banana Republic or what? In less than 3 years the gubernatorial succession has been:

Christine Todd Whitman, Donald DiFrancesco, John Bennett, Richard Codey, James McGreevey, and today, Richard Codey again. What is going on, you might ask? I think it has a little to do with this:

As lawmakers ride the gravy train, state's residents pay the freight.

How a dozen men control New Jersey politics.

How can we all be so numb to something so outrageous?