V.P. Biden Stumps for Corzine

Vice President Joe Biden is set to make his second stump speech for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.
      
Biden will speak at the state AFL-CIO conference with the governor in Atlantic City Wednesday.
      
Biden made his first trip to New Jersey in June when Corzine accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for governor. That trip was nearly skirted because Corzine was locked in a tense labor negotiation and union members threatened to picket. Biden, a pro-union politician, was unlikely to cross a picket line. A deal was hastily struck between the administration and the unions, whose contract Corzine was renegotiating because of the recession.
      
Corzine trailed Republican Chris Christie in the early stages of the campaign. Recent polls show while the governor remains unpopular, he has closed the gap on Christie.