Posted on 06/03/2005 10:14:01 PM PDT by neverdem
Unlike Democratic voters in New Jersey, Republicans have a genuine choice on Tuesday when they select their party's nominee for governor. Bret Schundler, the former mayor of Jersey City, and Douglas Forrester, the former mayor of the small township of West Windsor, are leading a field of seven candidates. The winner will face Democratic Senator Jon Corzine, whose considerable wealth helped frighten off any real Democratic competition.
Mr. Schundler is the livelier of the two. He is also far more conservative, veering at some distance from the moderate model that has worked for New Jersey Republicans in the past. Mr. Forrester leans more closely to the stalwarts of New Jersey's Republican center, former Republican Govs. Thomas Kean and Christie Whitman. Both Mr. Kean and Ms. Whitman have been both strong and sometimes courageous figures in their party - a political and personal standard that voters should demand of any who claim to be their successors.
The focus of the Republican primary has been the growing outcry in New Jersey over burdensome property taxes. Both Republicans have elaborate plans for tax relief, neither of which seems quite workable at this stage. The real problem is that no politician of either party seems ready to acknowledge that scaling back property taxes will probably require increasing income taxes. That is a fairer way to produce revenue in the state, but admitting it requires a form of truth-telling that not one of the major candidates has been willing to embrace.
Although we don't agree with him on a number of the issues facing residents of New Jersey, Mr. Forrester appears closer to the kind of Republican candidate the state deserves. If he wins the primary, he and Mr. Corzine should engage each other on real issues, like corruption and tax relief, rather than merely...
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The New York Times endorsed Forrester? Well, that seals the deal permanently: Forrester must go down.
TO SCHUNDLER GOES MY VOTE!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
That does it. I am more determined than ever to vote for Steve Lonegan on June 7th.
"Like the voters, we would like to see a vigorous debate before deciding on which candidate to support in November. For Tuesday, we endorse Mr. Forrester."
As if there is a chance in hell they'd endorse the pubbie in November!
NJ dosn't need no stinking RINO, neither does the US.
NJ dosn't need no stinking RINO, neither does the US.
NJ dosn't need no stinking RINO, neither does the US.
NJ dosn't need no stinking RINO, neither does the US.
NJ dosn't need no stinking RINO, neither does the US.
Voting for Schundler on Tues...Forrester leads in the polls...
I am voting for Murphy. Worked on his campaign a bit. He is a nice guy and it really is time for a change.
Or you can write in EQAndyBuzz for the nomination. My agenda is simple. I will have an accounting team of college grads review every single contract and hold payment on anything over budget and not completed on time.
Then I will bring in a computer specialist to tell me how many people it takes to run a school admin department, look at the patronage that is over the admin number and take away school funding for that school.
Then I will tell every school to remove every piece of crap from the walls because it distracts students and causes A.D.D. Then every Chiropractor and medical professional in the state I would have reviewed for fraudulent practices.
In week 2....
As you can tell, I am the education governor.
I like Murphy & Lonegan too, but in the Quinnipiac poll Murphy's at 9%. It's between Forrester & Schundler...though I'll vote for the Rupublican nominee...who stands little or no chance vs. Moneybags Corzine :-(
Bret has my vote to and I WILL be voting for HIM.
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