A reader writes in to NRO:

The Lincoln tunnel will close at 6 p.m. to let Biden get to the Corzine kick-off party. He couldn’t fly into Newark?
Considering NYC-working northern NJ Republicans are part of Christie’s base, this is just so “convenient” for Corzine. Inconvenient for everyone else…

Corzine’s rally with Biden already displaced some regular polling places. Polls in New Jersey are open until 8 p.m.

UPDATE: Here’s how 1010WINS is characterizing Biden’s impact on this evening’s commute earlier today: “BOTH TUBES OF THE OUTBOUND LINCOLN TUNNEL WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE TRANSPORT OF VIP EXPECT MASSIVE DELAYS.”

UPDATE: Upon further thought, I can’t believe Biden is traveling through the Lincoln Tunnel, what with it being an enclosed space and all.

Looking over Twitter for news and chatter on the New Jersey governor’s race, I came across this conditional prediction: “Latest rumor: Christie wins, Dems will pressure Corzine to step down for Codey. That to me from a connected head of big law firm.” Richard Codey is the President of the New Jersey Senate, who served as acting governor after Jim McGreevey resigned and one of the few politicians to ascend to the state’s chief executive position and then voluntarily return to his legislative position.

Ordinarily I would not pay any attention to this rumor, except that there’s something of a precedent with Corzine’s former fellow senator, Bob Torricelli, withdrawing at the last minute from his 2002 Senate reelection bid in the face of low poll numbers. Republican Doug Forrester had set up his whole campaign as a case against Torricelli, and was defeated by previously-retired Sen. Frank Lautenberg. (That 2002 race was the subject of one of the first articles I wrote for NRO.)