If the economy slips into recession, as some economists fear, voters may well blame him for it.
Polls suggested most voters blamed the Legislature rather than the governor for the late budget.
But he also expressed doubt that voters would blame politicians.
But many voters do blame him for turning the primary into the equivalent of a black-Jewish confrontation.
But he also said voters had blamed him for problems caused by the city's rapid growth.
How this will play out may depend on whom voters blame for the tax increase and the cuts, the board or Trenton.
But voters also blame the chancellor for breaking a pledge not to raise taxes.
Or they can shut down the Government, and hope that voters will not blame them next year.
The first is that voters still blame Labour for the economic mess the country is in.
Out in the real world, voters generally do not blame individuals because their parents ladled them with privilege as kids.