Will Romney nod be the kiss of death for Christie?

Wouldn't you rather have a woman with a solid 20-year legislative record running New Jersey than a macho, in-your-face GOP bully who is in bed with special interests and other members of the 1%?

By Victor E. Sasson
Editor

A year ago, Mitt Romney suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of President Obama, but here he is today in The Record,  vouching for Chris Christie as "one of the very strongest" Republicans in a bid to take back the White House from the help (A-6).

The Romney endorsement came on Sunday as Christie and his Democratic challenger, Barbara Buono, continued to campaign, making a mockery of that morning's ridiculous headline on Page 1 of the Woodland Park daily:

Last shots of campaign

Both gubernatorial candidates will campaign today and tonight. The election is Tuesday.

Besides governor, voters will  choose state legislators, freeholders and other officials -- with little or no help on the issues from The Record and its bored editors and reporters.

Woman in name only

The main element on Page 1 today is a story that raises the horrifying possibility that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadano would become governor, if Chris Christie is reelected and resigns to run for president.

Guadano is often seen standing behind her boss -- in a throwback to the days before the women's movement gained so many rights.

A lawyer and former prosecutor like Christie, Guadano used last month's debate with Barbara Buono's running mate, Milly Silva, mostly to praise the governor (A-6).

What a non-entity.

Guadano has even less name recognition than Buono, the Democratic state senator with 20 years experience in the state Legislature.

Who is angry?

On Sunday, Christie said about Buono,  "I've never seen an angrier candidate" (A -6), suggesting the governor has never looked in the mirror.

Buono and the voters should be angry at Christie for telling the Big Lie about lowering property taxes, and for taking an ax to social programs to protect millionaires from a tax surcharge and funnel hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to wealthy business owners.

The headline on A-6 today -- "Attacks heat up in home stretch" -- completely contradicts Sunday's "Last shots in campaign," a reference to Saturday.

Buono noted Christie "went ballistic on a teacher" on Saturday (A-6) -- the day before Staff Writer Melissa Hayes' front-page blow job, which claimed Christie had changed his tone and was watching his big, fat mouth.

In a photo, a stern-faced Christie is seen wagging his finger at teacher Melissa Tomlinson, The Record reports today.

"I was shaking by the time we got done," Tomlinson said (A-6).

How did Hayes miss this Christie scolding of a constituent or did she simply ignore it to preserve the myth-making in her Sunday story?

Where is Deirdre?

The unexplained absence of head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes is approaching a couple of months.

She may be out, but she isn't down, as readers can see from the major news from her hometown of Harrington Park that appears on L-2 today.

However, her deputy assignment flunky, Dan Sforza, still needed a Dean's List to pad today's local-news report (L-2).