You know, making sure that Doug Forrester doesn’t appoint Habibullah Salleem poet laureate of New Jersey may well be the best reason I’ve yet heard to vote for Corzine. That’s not because the other reasons to vote for Corzine aren’t good, but because Saleem is just so mind-twistingly bad.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.