I’m trying to remain neutral in the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial primary, but apparently incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine isn’t. “Mr. Corzine’s allies plan to attack the Republican they consider more formidable, former federal prosecutor Christopher J. Christie, in an attempt to knock him out in the June primary, according to people briefed on the matter. That would leave Mr. Corzine facing Steven M. Lonegan, a former small-town mayor from the party’s right wing, whose support for a flat income tax and a ban on abortion are popular with conservative voters, but could be a problem in the general election.”

Some may compare Corzine’s move to last year’s “Operation Chaos.” But in that case, it was ordinary Republicans crossing over to vote in a Democratic primary, and the primary goal of that effort, as I recall, was just keeping the fight going to the last contest –not, say, McCain’s allies funding attack ads against one of the two Democrats because they think one is weaker. But I suppose all is fair in love, war, and politics.