Maybe the conundrum for Democrats is that much of the governor’s message makes sense. Christie is saying in public what many legislators have been saying in private: The state has been spending too much and elected officials have been too fearful of taking on public employee unions to make substantial changes in generous contracts.

Democrats should be giving Christie a run for his money. Instead, they are giving victory after victory. In Little League terms, it is a slaughter. There are more backroom deals being made in Loehmann’s than there are in the current Legislature

Alfred Doblin of The Record on Christie’s 2% Solution achieved amidst Democratic flaccidity.