BY CARL GOLDEN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

All political campaigns hope for an "Aha!" moment, that sudden and unanticipated revelation so powerful that it will derail the opponent and assure that he's unable to get back on track.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, accompanied by GOP legislators, feel they have found their moment in the disclosure that Gov. Jon Corzine is an investor in a hedge fund one of whose affiliates owns casino gaming halls, including four in Atlantic City.  The fund also has invested in cable television companies regulated by the state.

Republicans have mounted a full scale assault, charging that Corzine has violated all manner of rules and regulations which prohibit state officials from holding a financial stake in casinos even though his investment and the interest income he earned from it has been included in his legally required financial disclosure documents since 2006.