[Jim from C-Town]

Show Horse celebrity? NOOOOOOO!

I think one black guy with few accomplishments and a habit of serial lying is quite enough for one legislative body a decade. The idea is that Booker would then become the next BHO and be the bullet proof nominee and POTUS because any criticism of a black man is RAAAACISSSST!

[Viennacon]

I wasn’t aware Lonegan was blind.

Booker is off in California fundraising, and this gives Lonegan an opportunity he should take.
Hit the pavement! Run a Santorum-esque shoe leather campaign. Go down to Newark and hold a town hall to talk about what a failure Booker is.

[grania]

Scott Brown won in MA because he pretended to believe in certain principles. Lots of MA voters, even the liberals, do have a desire for individual freedom and local initiative. So, yeah, even in a liberal state a 'pub can win if the government has gone overboard. But as with Scott Brown, they'll not have a chance at re-election if they became compromisers.

You can't compromise on principle, especially if the opposition has the ability and desire to anihiate you.

I hope this guy wins....it would be as huge as Cruz's 21 hours.

[Fee]

Obamacare is killing Dems in NJ. Many blue collar Reagan Dems are pissed off as Obamacare details and reality come to light. Many may not be ready to vote GOP but will sit out of the election in 2014 and maybe 2016. The other group is Soccer Mom white suburbanites who vote Dem. Working hour cut backs, being dumped onto the exchanges and learning its high premiums or high deductibles for low premiums is giving them sticker shock. GOP need to keep hammering on the waivers given to Dem Congress and staff and favorite Dem groups. NJ is winnable. Stay away from the theme that corporate America and Wall Street can be trusted and do not need regulations. The financial meltdown and sleazy bailout politics killed that GOP theme.

[Mase]

I hope the best for Lonegan, but NJ is the tease that never puts out. Once again, Charlie Brown is going to try and kick the football and Lucy will, once again, do what she does.

NJ is a hopeless mess. I hope I'm wrong with this race, but the disappointment that is NJ has been going on for decades.

[taildragger]

Bigger Questions for Mitch McConnell are in order IMHO.

It is not just the "Lautenberg" seat that he needed to get the RNC's Senatorial Committee to put in the win column but two others as well IMHO.

The "Menendez" seat in NJ, but they don't have the fortitude to press him on what looks like a major sex scandal, and....

The third escapes me @ the Moment, but it may have been the MA seat / Scott Brown and some of what the Legislature did their, or was it WVA / Manchin seat?

[Haiku Guy]

Lonegan is the real deal. We could not hope for better.

If he beats Booker in NJ, it will be a seismic shift in Washington.

[taildragger]

You know a Govt shutdown and endless discussion of what is "in it" and how it effects people might shine the disinfectant of sunlight on the Senate, Reid being a Weasel, and may even plant the seed in to NJ-isan's that do I want to send Reid / Obama another enabler, or do I send them a foe?

I don't see how this helps Reid one bit, having a shutdown and a major race on-going at the same time....