According to this story, the planned 3-candidate New Jersey gubernatorial debates are on shaky ground. The law requires candidates who receive public funding to participate, but Democratic nominee Jon Corzine, the incumbent, has not asked for public funding. Corzine has not said he won’t participate. However, the director of the state agency that sponsors the debates has asked that the first debate be postponed from October 1 to October 22. Republican nominee Christopher Christie, and the independent who has been invited into the debates, Chris Daggett, believe that the Governor is behind the request to postpone the debate, and they are opposed to postponement.