Posted on 11/30/2004 3:03:16 PM PST by sonrise57
Corzine's Millions May Keep NJ Governorship Blue
New Jersey Republicans will gather in a Trenton hotel tomorrow to pick a new state chairman to lead them into next year's race for governor. Normally such an election would be a humdrum affair but not this time. Republicans scent an opportunity to make a political comeback after a decade of frittering away their control of the governorship and both houses of the state legislature with a do-nothing agenda. Rampant corruption -- a veteran Democratic state assemblyman pled guilty to bribery just this month -- and the tawdry resignation of Jim McGreevey as governor could provide the GOP with a chance to run as a reform party. President Bush also performed well in the state, losing by only six points to John Kerry, a marked improvement over the 16-point edge Al Gore had in 2000.
The two candidates for state chair represent fundamentally different approaches. Tom Wilson, a Trenton lobbyist, was an official in the administration of Governor Christie Whitman and has close ties to the party's consultants. Dick Kamin was a conservative state legislator in the early 1990s, but he has the support of two key moderates: Dick Zimmer, the party's 1996 Senate nominee, and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen. Mr. Zimmer says Mr. Kamin's candidacy represents a chance for the party to "return to fundamentals" and avoid an image that its officials are "puppets of party bosses." . . .
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He can buy it, and furthermore, he can have it!
be nice to jersey, mahn.
It's just that I had to navigate by the stars, because if there even was a sign for the road I was on, the letters were 1 inch tall, and you had to drive 15 miles before you could pull over!
There is only one conservative that has won as a conservative, raised money as a conservative, is strongly pro life and has an A+ from the NRA: Paul DiGaetano.
Paul is the man who gave New Jersey its protection against gay marriage. He has been doing while the others have been talking. One other point, Paul DiGaetano has raised a million dollars in a cycle.
If New Jersey is serious about changing its image as the most corrupt state in America, a strong Christian conservative like DiGaetano is the answer!
Has he announce for gov? It seems to me that all the noice is about Forrester and Schundler.
Has he ever been asked that question?
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