Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, says that two-thirds of New Jerseyites “feel personally embarrassed to live in a state where politicians are pictured in handcuffs.” The remaining one-third are imprisoned politicians. [Quinnipiac University]

PEOPLE DO NOT HATE BARACK OBAMA YET: Because he has not yet stacked his entire staff with Clinton cronies and nationalized our auto industry, Barack Obama has yet to become America’s most detested President-elect. Give it a couple weeks. [Rasmussen Reports]