The Wall Street Journal gives some advises to GOP nominee, Chris Cristie, if he wants a chance to defeat the unpopular governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine, in November.

Enter Mr. Christie, who made his reputation putting away the state’s many political crooks. But to win in November he’ll need a reform agenda that sharpens the economic contrast with Mr. Corzine and gives him leverage to clean up the tax robbers in Trenton if he does win. He’ll need a reform mandate, or the legislature will tie him down like Gulliver. Mr. Christie shrugged off primary opponent Steve Lonegan’s proposal to replace the state’s progressive income tax with a flat tax, but he’ll need something nearly as bold. He can also differentiate himself on education, where state spending per pupil is among the highest in the country, but achievement is dismal and unions run the show.

There is no doubt that now is the time to be bold. Maybe Mr. Christie could use Steve Lonegan, his free-market opponent in the primaries, as an advisor. Mr. Lonegan was never short of bold and inspired ideas.