NJ Governor Richard Codey Will Not Accept Appointment To U.S. Senate

Fox News ^ | November 23, 2005

[Clintonfatigued]

Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey announced Wednesday that he is not interested in switching jobs with Gov.-elect Jon Corzine and serving the remainder of the U.S. senator's term.

[Clintonfatigued]

Governor Codey isn't as popular as the press claims, but he would have been the most formidible candidiate Jon Corzine could have appointed.

A little bit of good news for the GOP.

[Cicero]

Yes, but unfortunately the Democrats in New Jersey could nominate a corpse and he would be elected, unless someone could pin rising auto insurance rates on him.

[Will_Zurmacht]

Senator William Jefferson Clinton.....

hey, don't laugh, these guys would do it...

[Cicero]

Yes, they voted for Senator Frank Lautenberg, after a 15 minute election campaign, and he's brain dead at the very least. I think they have to stand behind him and prop him up. I'm not absolutely sure he has a pulse.

[CyberAnt]

But .. as usual .. the democrats cheated to get Lautenberg into the race in the first place.

[Political Junkie Too]

Yes, it's amazing that the Democrats were arguing that the losing Bob Torricelli had to be removed from the ballot in New Jersey, while simultaneously arguing that the dead Patsy Mink had to stay on the Hawaii ballot.

-PJ

[zbigreddogz]

It's excellent news. He would have coasted to re-election, and I think would have coasted through the primary due to his sky high name ID and his good numbers against Kean.

Now, we get to watch 3 D Congressmen, with lower name ID, throw bombs at each other for 6-8 months, then have to challenge Kean.

[jmaroneps37]

Believe me, he was NEVER in the running. Bobby Menendez is Corxine's bagman. He'll get the post.

[JerseyHighlander]

Heading to Washington DC on his own accord would be akin to self imposed exile from his political base.

His intra party rivals wanted him gone from the state level more than they wanted him to win reelection next year.

Codey well knew this.

[MassachusettsGOP]

Well they were pandering to the dead voters in either State. Keeping the Dead in Hawaii, and adding the Dead in New jersey.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"A little bit of good news for the GOP."

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I hope you're right. But I fear that Menendez will be a tougher general-election candidate, and if Menendez gets appointed, I think the odds of other RAT Congressmen running against him will be lower than if Codey was appointed (I hope I'm wrong, though).