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We are a little over two weeks away from the election. So I ask you the same question I asked myself. Who is going to win the battle for the senate? I have done extensive research and watched the trends for a while now, just like many of you. I finished a week ago a statistical analysis of voting trends in Georgia. Let me also state that most elections are referendums on the incumbents. Candidates have to expose the incumbent. Dole failed to do this in 1996. So here are my predictions. GA- Max Cleland is in trouble. Do not...

<p>In the race for Rep. Marge Roukema's 5th district House seat, Republican E. Scott Garrett leads Democrat Anne Ricks Sumers by a 48%-33% margin, according to a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the National Republican Congressional Committee.</p> <p>The Sumers campaign disputes the NRCC numbers and released their own internal poll from last week, which shows the race in a statistical dead heat, Garrett 42%, Sumers 40%. The Democratic poll shows Sumers leading Garrett by eight points in the Bergen County portion of the district, and losing by 21 points in the other three counties.</p>

Very funny song for the NJ Senate campaign... hopefully Rush and Hannity get a hold on this and play through the stations. Hack, we don't mind if Drudge dig this up and post the link on his website. Very Funny indeed. Click onto this link and enjoy! http://www.nj1015.com/mp3s/My_Favorite_Stink.mp3

<p>NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — President Bush yesterday hit fund-raisers in Georgia and Florida for embattled Republicans — including his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush — kicking off a money drive that will culminate with 14 straight days of campaigning before the Nov. 5 elections.</p>

Protest Saturday at Lautenburg HQ (Let's Make Some News) 10-17-02 | Jonathan M. Stein Posted on 10/17/2002 6:07 PM Pacific by jmstein7 Is anyone interested in staging a protest in front of Lautenburg HQ on Saturday demanding that he debate and give NJ voters a choice? I bet it would make the news, and it would certainly be mentioned on MTP Sunday if it was big and loud enough. Mail me and/or respond to this thread if you are interested. I can attend and would be more than happy to organize the function as I live in the area. This...

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Freepers.......time is almost GONE to help Republicans WIN BACK the Senate! We need to contribute money NOW in order to help. I just gave $100 by credit card today to the National Republican Senatorial Committe. Please match my challenge, or at least contribute something.. Click here to visit the NRSC to help. If you prefer to give to individual campaigns, here is a GREAT site with discussion of the Senate races, including the 7 seats that are up for grabs. This site also has a link to each of the Senate campaign websites. One of the states will SURPRISE you!...

When we as Republicans are questioned about what Bush is doing for the economy we should remind Democrats that it has been done and Dashle and the Democrats are sitting on it. For example. Bush's terrorism proposal would create at least 300,000 jobs. His Energy plan would create hundreds of thousands of jobs and reduce and eventually remove our need for foreign oil and provide huge supplies of natural gas. The removal of the marriage tax and death tax would also spur economic growth. As would making the current tax cuts permanent. tombeach

URGENT -- Call Doug Forrester! (NJ Senate Race) It’s not too late to help Doug win and to save his campaign. Please CALL his campaign HQ at 609-890-4699. Why? Simple! It’s time for Doug to throw down the gauntlet, get on television, and PUBLICALLY CHALLENGE LAUTENBERG to a ONE-ON-ONE debate in a 15 or 30 second ad spot. Negative ads can only do so much, and from the polls, it looks like the viability of negative ads is negligible. So, call Doug Forrester at 609-890-4699 and DEMAND that he run an ad that shows him personally challenging Lautenberg to a...

Frank R. Lautenberg wants all candidates included. Douglas Forrester sees a ploy to evade a direct duel. By Tom Turcol Inquirer Staff Writer Former Democratic Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, seeming to retreat from his call for head-to-head debates with Republican Douglas Forrester, is now demanding that any debates include all the third-party candidates in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race. Forrester quickly accused Lautenberg of trying to dodge a direct encounter, including two that ABC's This Week and NBC's Meet the Press are trying to schedule for their nationally televised Sunday programs. Lautenberg's new proposal shows that he is "deathly afraid...

Do you feel strongly that America's electoral system is fundamentally in trouble since the election of 2000? Do you have trouble articulating your point of view? I too have struggled with this issue long and hard. I believe I've carefully digested all the issues and put together a good argument for you to take to your debates and discussions with your friends and adversaries. In all three cases of electoral controversy, from the allowing of late votes by a judge's decree in 2000 that allowed a dead Democrat to defeat Republican John Ashcroft in Missouri, to forcing additional counts of...

<p>The eleventh-hour substitution of former Sen. Frank Lautenberg for Sen. Robert Torricelli has turned the U.S. Senate contest from what appeared to be a certain loss for Democrats into a horse race, according to a Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll released yesterday.</p> <p>Among respondents who said they are likely to vote Nov. 5, the race between Lautenberg and Republican Douglas Forrester is a dead heat -- 44 percent to 44 percent. Among potential voters, Lautenberg holds a 46 percent to 40 percent lead.</p>

After leading Torricelli, Forrester narrowly trails Lautenberg By STEVE KORNACKI PoliticsNJ.com WOODBRIDGE, October 7 - Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg is receiving a much warmer reception from New Jersey voters than Sen. Robert Torricelli did this year, but according to a new Quinnipiac University poll the way in which Lautenberg secured a spot on the ballot is keeping the race too close to call. Lautenberg holds a 49%-45% lead over Republican Douglas Forrester, but the Democrat's four-percent cushion falls with the poll's margin of error. A poll by Quinnipiac several weeks ago placed Torricelli behind Forrester by four points. 54 percent...

By Dale Russakoff Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 6, 2002; Page A04 CLIFTON, N.J. -- The outside world assumes New Jersey voters are incensed at the Democratic Party for making them a national laughingstock. State Republican chairman Joe Kyrillos said he's getting calls of support from across the United States. "There's real outrage around the country," said Kyrillos, a state senator. "It accosts people's sense of fair play." But once you enter New Jersey, a funny thing happens to the outrage over the Democrats' last-minute decision to switch Senate candidates -- substituting retired, three-term senator Frank R. Lautenberg for...

Lautenberg Retracts Promise for 21 Debates A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Frank Lautenberg has retracted Lautenberg's promise, offered just yesterday, that he would meet his Republican opponent Doug Forrester for 21 debates in different New Jersey counties before Election Day. Asked whether his boss intended to honor the 21-debate pledge, Lautenberg spokesman Tom Shea told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, "Absolutely not." "We'll do debates," Shea explained. "The voters of the state will have plenty of opportunities to hear the two candidates. Twenty-one debates in 21 counties with only 30 days left in the race is a little impractical."...

I read the news today (oh, boy), and the stories on the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court gave the impression that it was a real long shot – i.e. having certiorari granted. Why would that be? The relevant NJ election statute (19:13-20) is very clear and reads as follows: A selection made pursuant to subsection (c) and a statement of the selection SHALL be filed not later than the 48th day before the election. The relevant portion of subsection (c) says simply: . . .for a statewide office, the candidate shall be selected by the State committee of the...

Lautenberg agrees to same debate schedule he first proposed to Millicent Fenwick 20 years ago (OLD BRIDGE, October 5) – Today, one day after U.S. Senate candidate Doug Forrester challenged potential rival Frank Lautenberg to 21 debates – one in each New Jersey county – Forrester reiterated the challenge to Senator Lautenberg’s face, and was rewarded with an agreement for 21 debates. Forrester and Lautenberg met at Old Bridge Day, at the Old Bridge Town Center, in Middlesex County. “I’m pleased I had the opportunity to meet with Senator Lautenberg face to face this afternoon at the Old Bridge Town...

<p>WHEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WENT BEFORE THE STATE SUPREME COURT EARLIER THIS WEEK - TO ARGUE FOR AND AGAINST REPLACING BOB TORRICELLI'S NAME ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT- MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS BRAZENLY LOBBIED KEY MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA - INCLUDING NEW JERSEY 101.5 - TO CONTACT LEGAL SCHOLARS WHO AGREED WITH THE DEMOCRATS POSITION - AND USE THEM AS SOURCES FOR THE STORIES BEING WRITTEN- A HIGHLY UNUSUAL APPROACH THAT CLEARLY VIOLATED STATE ETHICS REGULATIONS...</p>

Forrester Challenges Potential Senate Rival to 21 Debates Lautenberg refuses to appear with Forrester on Fox News Sunday (HAMILTON, October 4) – Today U.S. Senate candidate Doug Forrester challenged potential rival Frank Lautenberg to 21 debates – one in each New Jersey county. Forrester made the announcement at a media availability with U.S. Senator Fred Thompson at the Newark Marriott Hotel. “I’m going on Fox News Sunday this weekend – and I’ll be on all alone. The program’s producers called the Torricelli-Lautenberg Machine all week, but they snubbed the show. Therefore, tonight I ask my potential rival, Frank Lautenberg, to...

New Jersey Senate Douglas Forrester (R) and Frank Lautenberg (D), even Forrester's chances downgraded to 50% Oct. 2 from 53.3% as a result of the court ruling placing Lautenberg on the ballot. DEMOCRATIC SEAT AT CRITICAL RISK Torricelli's dramatic withdrawal scrambles this race. It's now time to hear from the voters to see how they react to this incredible, unprecedented Democratic switcharoo. Lautenberg was probably the strongest candidate the Democrats could have offered. He has statewide recognition and respect, removed from Torricelli's personal negatives. Of course, the courts are not yet finished their reviews, so things could still change from...

Below is the statute in question. I'm new here, so sorry for being redundant. But where in the NJ law does it say what to do when there are fewer than 51 days left in an election? I don't see it. Am I missing it? I keep reading everyone and hearing the commentators about the law was blatantly broken. I'd like to believe that, but I don't see it yet. You could read the first paragraph below as meaning "What we'll do up until the 51st day and we don't have an answer for beyond that." Or you can read...

For Immediate Release: October 3, 2002 Contact: Ginny Wolfe 202.675.6073 STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ) Washington, D.C. – Senator John McCain (R-AZ), issued the following statement today on the New Jersey Senate race: “The focus of our concern in the unusual, to say the least, New Jersey election controversy should not be on which party benefits from what decision, but on what is fair to the voters of New Jersey. “Already over a thousand men and women serving overseas in the U.S. Armed Forces have received ballots with Senator Torricelli’s name on them as the Democratic candidate for the...

Scrambling to save their one-vote majority in the U.S. Senate, Democrats in Washington and Trenton yesterday began preparing for what could be a $20 million blitz over the next five weeks to elect their substitute candidate in New Jersey, former Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg. Satisfied with Lautenberg's selection to replace Sen. Robert G. Torricelli, who withdrew this week as the Democratic candidate, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee prepared to spend millions to keep the New Jersey seat. At the same time, Gov. McGreevey was cranking up the state Democratic machinery, placing key members of his political team in charge of...

Lautenberg and Daschle are holding a Washington DC press conference at 2:15 pm today. I'm trying to track down the location. Good opportunity for a FREEP! Note: This may occur at a closed location, ie. in the Capitol. But bring yourself and signs anyway. Protest from outside the location and cameras will get you anyway.

Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli's announcement that he was pulling out of the New Jersey Senate race this week looked like a confession of guilt in a Soviet show trial. In the reflection of his dewy eyes, you could almost see Terry McAuliffe mouthing the words to him from the audience. Especially the part where he paid tribute to the great Bill Clinton, to whom Torricelli evidently owes his deeply ingrained sense of ethics. Torricelli will leave public office with just the clothes on his back, a Rolex watch and other assorted jewelry, a TV set, a couple of racks of...

Just posted on Drudge. Nothing more yet.

Poll: Forrester Leads Senate Race By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:06 p.m. ET NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Republican Douglas Forrester has opened a wide lead over Robert Torricelli in the U.S. Senate race after hammering the Democrat incumbent on ethics issues, according to a poll released Saturday. The Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll showed Forrester leading by 13 percentage points. In June, the same poll had Torricelli leading by 14 points. The poll of 547 registered voters who said they would ``definitely´´ or ``probably´´ vote in the Nov. 5 election found the millionaire businessman leading his opponent 47 percent to 34 percent....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Tom Rubino September 27, 2002 (609) 890-4699 Are We Running Against Tommy Flanagan – or Joe Isuzu? Torricelli spews 16 fabrications in just 10 minutes (HAMILTON, SEPTEMBER 27) – Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe – responding to Robert Torricelli’s increasingly desperate fabrications – today issued the following statement: “It’s clear we’re no longer running against Robert Torricelli. We’re now running against Tommy Flanagan and Joe Isuzu, two characters well known for just plain making things up out of whole cloth. “Yesterday, Mr. Torricelli had the gall to suggest that release of the prosecutors’ memo...

Dear Forrester supporter, Last night, WNBC News 4 New York ran a promo during West Wing that it will air a special report "The Prisoner & the Politician" with new information about Mr. Torricelli's relationship with David Chang. The report will air tonight on News 4 New York at 5 p.m. and is being filed by Jonathan Dienst, one of the driving investigative reporters who has uncovered much of the information on the Torricelli-Chang affair. Tell your friends and families. Sincerely, Bill Pascoe Campaign Manager Forrester 2002

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — Prominent national Democrats now regard Senator Robert G. Torricelli of New Jersey as their party's most vulnerable Senate incumbent, prompting concern that his endangered seat might cost Democrats control of the Senate. Many Democrats said they had expected Mr. Torricelli to more easily overcome his ethics troubles. Instead, his predicament has roiled the party and stirred resentment toward him among fellow Democrats. Some of them say that Mr. Torricelli's wounds are self-inflicted and that he opened himself to attack — not to mention gave ammunition to his Republican challenger, Douglas R. Forrester — by engaging in...

New Polls Shows Forrester Widening the Gap WABC/KYW poll shows Forrester with a 52-38 percent lead (HAMILTON, SEPTEMBER 20) - Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe - responding to the release of a new independent poll - today issued the following statement: "Another new poll released last night shows Doug Forrester widening his lead over Robert Torricelli. According to SurveyUSA - as reported last night on both WABC-TV in New York and KYW-TV in Philadelphia - Doug now leads Mr. Torricelli by a 14-point margin, at 52-38 percent. "That should come as no surprise. From Cape May to High...

Insight on the News - Daily Insight Issue: 10/01/02 Torricelli's Terrorist-List Friends By Kenneth R. Timmerman Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) is facing what could be the toughest election campaign of his life, embroiled in a series of campaign-finance scandals that Republican challenger Douglas Forrester skillfully has exploited. The real surprise in this campaign is not Torricelli's sleazy New Jersey politics or his relationship to David Chang, the businessman who has admitted in court to making illegal campaign contributions to the "Torch" [see "Taking on 'The Torch,'" Sept. 23]. It has come from revelations, first aired by the American Spectator...

<p>It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.</p> <p>As a devout believer in the wisdom of conventional wisdom, I thought Scott Garrett’s victory in the 5th District GOP primary over Dave Russo and Gerry Cardinale all but guaranteed Democrat Anne Sumers a November victory.</p>

Let's have some fun...hopefully TORCH will put his foot in his mouth and his dismal numbers will sink even further!

<p>With the U.S. Senate race just now emerging on TV in political ads and debates, Democratic incumbent Robert Torricelli and GOP challenger Douglas Forrester are deadlocked, according to a new Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll.</p> <p>In the survey, 41 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for or are leaning toward Torricelli, while 40 percent favor Forrester and 18 percent were undecided. Among "likely" voters, Forrester led 44-39 percent.</p>

Forrester Camp Responds to Democrats' New Attack (HAMILTON, SEPTEMBER 2) - Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe - responding to a new Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee TV advertisement distorting Doug Forrester's positions - today issued the following statement: "Robert Torricelli's minions at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee are taking a page from the playbook he left behind - using a calculated campaign of misinformation and deception to attack and smear Doug Forrester. Recognizing there's little they can do to rehabilitate Mr. Torricelli's lawbreaker-who-got-caught-and-then-lied-about-it image, this morning the DSCC unleashed a special-interest-bought-and-paid-for assault, trying to paint Doug as someone he...

<p>The seniors who congregated at the clubhouse of a manicured adult community in Barnegat peppered Sen. Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J., with questions about Iraq, prescription drug coverage and the economy.</p> <p>What they didn't ask him about -- his improper acceptance of gifts from a political donor seeking favors -- ultimately may decide whether the feisty Democrat wins a second term in November.</p>

WABC-TV Poll: Forrester Lead Still in Double Digits Independent poll shows Forrester maintains double-digit lead over Torricelli (HAMILTON, AUGUST 21) – Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe – responding to the release of a new poll by WABC-TV in New York showing that Doug Forrester leads Robert Torricelli by a 48-37 percent margin – today issued the following statement: "Yet another new poll, this one commissioned by WABC-TV in New York City, shows Doug Forrester leading Robert Torricelli by a double-digit margin – 48-37 percent. This poll, which was in the field August 17-19, confirms an earlier KYW-TV Philadelphia...

New Poll: Forrester Surges to Double Digit Lead over Torricelli Independent poll shows Forrester has a 13 point lead over Torricelli (HAMILTON, AUGUST 13) - Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe - responding to the release of a new SurveyUSA poll commissioned by KYW-TV that shows Doug Forrester surging to a 48-35 percent lead over Senator Robert Torricelli - today issued the following statement: "We've still got 84 days left before the election, but the Forrester Surge has already begun. The new KYW-TV poll shows that New Jersey voters are shifting massively away from Robert Torricelli and toward Doug...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2002 Contact: Tom Rubino (609) 890-4699 Quinnipiac University: Torricelli Campaign on Life Support (HAMILTON, AUGUST 8) - Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe - responding to a new Quinnipiac University poll showing the race for the U.S. Senate between Robert Torricelli and Doug Forrester to be a dead heat, with both candidates tied at 37 percent - today issued the following statement: "Today's Quinnipiac University poll says it better than we ever could: Robert Torricelli's campaign is on life support - and his base voters have just signed a Do Not Resuscitate waiver for...

<p>More Bad News For Torch: Majority of Poll Respondents Say Torricelli “Not Being Completely Honest”</p> <p>The poll, conducted by National Research Inc., asked 621 registered voters for whom they would vote if the election were being held today. The results: Doug Forrester garnered 40%, while Senator Bob Torricelli achieved 37%. Statistically, this translates into a virtual tie.</p>

Vote on what punishment, if any, Senator Torricelli should receive at PoliticsNJ . Right now, expulsion is leading the pack, but this could change. It seems they are trying to dilute the opinions on punishment.

Jul 23, 2002 10:17 pm US/Eastern (KYW)-(Trenton)-The latest exclusive Eyewitness News Survey USA Poll of the New Jersey senate race shows a real deadlock between incumbent Senator Robert Torricelli and Republican challenger Douglas Forrester. The poll shows each candidate with 43 percent of the vote, with the rest undecided or planning to vote for other candidates. The margin of error in this poll was plus or minus 3.9 percent. Eyewitness News Anchor Larry Kane says the survey of 661 likely voters is an early indication of what could be a very close and expensive race. But Kane says Torricelli, hurt...

<p>“Jerry Springer has sunk to a new low – giving the maximum legal contribution of $10,000 to Senator Robert Torricelli’s joint victory committee. You know, it’s one thing to fill daytime television with what can be most generously referred to as slime; it’s quite another to actually give money to a man as notorious as Robert Torricelli. The Daytime TV Hosts Guild may have some questions for Mr. Springer.</p>

Torricelli leads Forrester by 8 points, but his negatives are high 6/20/02 Source:Politicsnj.com By: Brian P Murphy Article excerpted Incumbent Sen. Robert Torricelli holds an 8-point lead over Republican challenger Douglas Forrester, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. But Torricelli's negatives are high. Torricelli is ahead of Forrester by 44% to 36% in the survey conducted among 736 registered voters from June 11-17. The poll has an error margin of 3.6%. But Torricelli's approval ratings are overall negative, with upside down approval numbers of 35%-37%. Just 21% of voters view him positively, while 26% see him negatively. 23%...

Term-limited South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow jumped ahead of former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler in the GOP contest for a House seat Tuesday, while Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman easily defeated his chief opponent for the Democratic primary. In New Jersey, wealthy businessman Douglas Forrester defeated two state senators for the right to challenge scandal-tarnished Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli (news, bio, voting record). Scott Garrett, a conservative lawmaker opposed by retiring New Jersey congresswoman Marge Roukema, won the GOP contest to replace her.In all, seven states held elections on the busiest primary day so far of the 2002 season.In Alabama, Siegelman,...

GOP Trio Targeting Torricelli Source: The Washington Times By: Liz Trotta 5/13/02 This article has been excerpted In the New Jersey Senate Race the first-term Democrat known as "the Torch," .. has been hobbled by charges of corruption. ........... On the Republican side the former mayor of West Windsor Doug Forrester is, by default, the leading Republican contender in the primary June 4. To add one more twist, he is being endorsed by former Whitewater independent counsel Robert W. Ray, one of the original six contenders for the Senate seat. Mr. Forrester has already poured more than $3 million into...

Subj: One of this year's key Senate Races: New Jersey Date: 04/02/2002 7:57:15 PM Central Standard Time From: billfrist@listserv.nrsc.org To: skcalien@aol.com Dear NRSC E-Member, This year, you will be receiving updates from us on key Senate races across the country where we have a good chance to pick up Republican seats. Last week NRSC Communications Director Ginny Wolfe sent out an e-mail announcing the launch of our newest Web site, http://www.torricelliduck.com. We wanted to notify all of our supporters that the New Jersey Senate race is an important opportunity for us. Even if you don’t live in New Jersey, I...