I think everyone who heard about Gov. Corzine's encounter with what in all likelihood was an illegal alien attempting to flee the scene of an accident - but only after sending the Governor for a tumble, is holding him in their prayers today.

I truly appreciate this aspect of conservatives by they way... (When Elizabeth Edwards announces she has cancer - conservatives wish her a speedy recovery, when Tony Snow does the same thing - the whack jobs at liberal blogs wishes he dies.) We ALL wish Gov. Corzine a speedy recovery and hope that his injuries do heal properly.

He's in bad shape...

Corzine, 60, was taken to Cooper Hospital in Camden along with the state trooper who was driving and an aide.

Dr. Robert Ostrum said the surgery performed at Cooper University Hospital in Camden on Thursday night was a success, but noted that the governor will need two more operations on his leg in the coming days. Doctors also inserted a breathing tube due to the sternum and multiple rib injuries Corzine suffered in the crash.

Ostrum said the tube would remain "for days to weeks, until (Corzine) is able to breathe on his own again." However, Ostrum said the injuries were not considered life-threatening.

State Senate President Richard Codey became acting governor Thursday night and will serve indefinitely. Ostrum said Corzine would not be able to conduct his gubernatorial duties as long as he was on the breathing tube.

Corzine, who was conscious when he arrived at the hospital, suffered a broken sternum, a broken collarbone, a slight fracture of the lower vertebrae and six broken ribs on each side in the crash. Corzine also had laceration on his head, but did not sustain any brain or spinal cord damage.

He won't be breathing or walking on his own again for weeks, so in the meantime New Jersey's Gubernatorial duties revert back to the man that had them previous to Corzine's term - Senate President Dick Codey.

New Jersey is a pretty intertwined politically incestous state - so Codey's taking over the reigns will make almost NO difference in the actual outcome of legislative intitiatives.