Is it hard to sit in the audience when Governor Corzine is delivering a speech?
I’m well aware that people are watching and you can’t pick your nose. I’m in a tough position. I’m a former governor who does not want to criticize the sitting governor, and at the same time I’m in a position where I’m going to have to. What will you miss? Quite frankly, I’ll miss something I always enjoyed mentally: the press conferences. I knew the press would always try to find a hard question to bottle me up or knock me off-kilter, and I loved the challenge of giving them an answer, showing a sense of humor, and getting through the press conference without screwing up. I remember one press conference in particular. You know how you have somebody on staff who will end the press conference by saying, “Okay, no more questions”? I’m up at Drew University on a bill about banning smoking in dormitories, so there’s maybe about seven or eight reporters. And finally [Codey aide] Sonia Frazier says, “Okay, no more questions.” And I said, “No, one more is all right.” And one reporter says, “G
