Hope you're right about this, Antoninus. Still, I get the impression that New Jersey is a sewer of cynicism, where people just say, "hey, the Torch just did what everybody else does. So let's give him a pass." Sometimes I think people are more comfortable with dishonest politicians than they are with honest ones, who can be "scary." (You know, those "moral majority types" are trying to overthrow the government, persecute sinners, yada yada....)
Sigh. What a world we live in, when people aren't outraged when politicians convert their offices into sources of personal wealth and self-aggrandisement. Tell you what: I'd have nothing but contempt for the people of New Jersey if they give Torricelli another term as their senator. They'd have to be either hopelessly ignorant, hopelessly delusional (why else put a fox in charge of the chickens???) or hopelessly masochistic....
I wish Mr. Forrester godspeed with his challenge. The U.S. Senate is way overdue for a restoration of sanity and, left to the Dims, that just ain't gonna happen. JMHO FWIW.