Cynical Nation

After going through all that trouble to get elected? Governor McGreevey's resigning already?

He was my governor for what, like, 5 minutes?

Since when does a politician resign just because he's unpopular? Does he know that some kind of major shit is about to hit the fan, and he's pre-empting it? Or am I just being too cynical?

Well anyway, it's refreshing, I guess. With any luck, he'll start a trend!

McGreevey, a former prosecutor, came into office vowing to end corruption, but in recent months a number of his political aides and fundraisers have been accused of corruption ranging from alleged payoffs to hiring a prostitute.

McGreevey has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and has denied any wrongdoing in the past.

Should McGreevey indeed leave office, his successor under the state constitution would be Richard Codey, the current president of the state senate.

UPDATE: Well that didn't take long:

Gov. McGreevey will hold a news conference at 4 p.m., where he is expected to discuss sexual harassment allegations made by his former aide, Golan Cipel.

UPDATE: All right, so he's gay. Not exactly the shock of the century there, Jim.