N.J. governor's race tightens

The Washington Times ^ | 3 October 2005 | Donald Lambro

[Aussie Dasher]

The New Jersey governor's race, which was expected to be a slam-dunk for the Democrats, suddenly has turned into a competitive contest, with Republican businessman Doug Forrester running closely behind Sen. Jon Corzine.

Earlier this year, few, if any, analysts thought the Republicans had a chance of winning back the governorship in a state where about two-thirds of the voters are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents and one-third are Republicans.

But a Quinnipiac University poll last week found that the liberal senator's seemingly insurmountable lead had shrunk to four percentage points, with Mr. Corzine leading his Republican rival 48 percent to 44 percent.

Mr. Forrester "is just about tied with Corzine among independents now, and that accounts for the change in the race," said Clay Richards, assistant director of Quinnipiac's polling institute.

[Aussie Dasher]

Let's pray for a MAJOR upset!

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Jon Corzine is trying to highlight the fact that Doug Forrester is a...shocker...eeevil Republican just like President George W. Bush.

Doug Forrester needs to keep illustrating that Jon Corzine is aligned with the thieving party bosses, the crooked James McGreevey regime, and is simply running away from an entirely unsuccessful stint as a senator.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Cobra64]

~ Blue Jays ~

I get it. Your signature is the same as your signature. Thanks! (duh)

[Malesherbes]

Corzine looks, smells, and acts sleazy, but this is a lose-lose proposition. If he doesn't get to be Governor, he stays in the Senate along with Lautenberg who also bought his seat. New Jersey has a lot to answer for.

[leprechaun9]

Don't worry because at the last minute Mary Landreau will provide a thousand buses for CORZINE (the NJ bad MEDICINE) to shepard his enslaved inner city masses to the polls. These will be the same buses that she used to get her enslaved masses from New Orleans to the polls to give her a come from behind victory after the polls were supposed to be closed.

Of course she had gone to court and claimed voting irregularities and the good loyal judge extended the voting hours to help her accomplish it!

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Of course she had gone to court and claimed voting irregularities and the good loyal judge extended the voting hours to help her accomplish it! "

And then, as usual, her party claimed Republican voter fraud, figuring that there were enough stupid people who would assume that their accusations would deflect what attention from the fact that it was actually they who were guilty. As usual, their assumptions were correct.

[Blue Jays]

Hi Cobra64-

Thanks for your suggestion about my signature. Hey, it beats the absurd in-your-face business advertisement that you previously carried in your tagline. I otherwise enjoy your contributions to FR.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Blue Jays]

Hi Malesherbes-

The only saving grace is that Jon Corzine is a toothless junior senator who isn't getting as much play as normal house members, nevermind his bank account. Lautenberg is a nightmare that got shoehorned into position due to that vile criminal Robert "The Torch" Toricelli jumping out of the 2002 race, so there is the likelihood both will be displaced at the ballotbox.

Can you believe Frank the Fossil was born on January 23, 1924 and is still making critical decisions for New Jersey residents?

~ Blue Jays ~

[Blue Jays]

Hi WC-

The Dems just seem to swing more power in the not-too-clever population centers like Newark, Camden, Trenton, etc., etc.

~ Blue Jays ~

[wayoverontheright]

New Jersey has been headed our way for some time now. The fact that 2/3 of the state are registered democrats says nothing, as we know many current conservative voters are STILL registered as democrats.

Independents? What on earth (when it comes to voting) is an independent in today's polarized political climate other than someone who simply doesn't want to REVEAL their political leanings. Independent they are not, they just purport to be. (I am speaking statistically here, I suppose there are a few).

So, in a state which has been traditionally liberal, we have a race in which there are obviously more conservatives than anyone thought. I realize this is state politics, but some of the reason has to point to recent events on the national stage, in other words, the dems' irrational, emotional opposition to the Iraq war, and the exposure of both democrats and the main stream media as untrustworthy.

[NZerFromHK]

That's what I suspect as well. Here in New Zealand I don't join any political party but I vote National Party or ACT in elections (which are conservative parties, a bit like the GOP but a little more to the left). Using the strict definition I should be an "Independent" but apparently the American MSMs think otherwise when it comes to people like me.

I posted the same question on a vanity thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1496079/posts