Whoo-hoo!! Some good news in NJ.

Governor Corzine looks to be in serious trouble.

Over the past few years, Corzine hasn't worried much about pushback. With the election less than eight months away, he's starting to pay more attention to what fed up taxpayers are thinking. It is likely no coincidence that his change of heart about the property tax deduction came just days after a Quinnipiac Poll showed that Republican gubernatorial front-runner Chris Christie had extended his lead in a hypothetical matchup with Corzine to 9 percentage points.

Perhaps even more of a wakeup call for Corzine was his meager 4 percentage point lead over conservative Republican Steve Lonegan, even though 77 percent of New Jersey voters hadn't heard enough about Lonegan to form an opinion. And the poll was taken before Corzine's budget address, which doubtless will keep his numbers moving in the wrong direction.