We came into that situation. But the issue that has caught fire most with voters is the centerpiece of McGreevey s campaign, an all-out assault on automobile insurance rates. This governor isn t on our side. She s on the side of the insurance companies. We re spending a billion dollars more in auto insurance.
New Jersey is a commuter state.
Thousands of residents have to drive their cars to and from New York City every day. The governor tried and failed to get insurance reform through the legislature. Martin Perez and his wife voted for Whitman four years ago. New Jersey is the highest insurance car insurance state in the United States. And I ask myself why.