What social conservatives in NJ? I don't think they have the clout in that state to tip a race for dogcatcher, let alone governor. :-)
Schundler won the primary last cycle by appealing to the social conservatives. He put together a strong coalition of pro-life catholics and evangelicals. He definitely soft peddled that aspect this time around, I believe to his deficit since Lonegan picked up some of the people who voted for him Schundler last time.
For the past few years I've said NJ is full of morons, because of the demonRATs that keep being elected. I'm sad to say that it's still full of morons, and that applies as well to a good portion of the Republicans, unfortunately.
For all the Forrester supporters out there, I hope your candidate continues to do you proud.