Posted on 11/10/2005 7:00:37 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
While Corzine is the only one who can choose his replacement in the Senate, Codey has said he is unlikely to take the job if Corzine offers it to him.
“His first inclination would be to say no because he really thinks it would be a strain on his family life,” said Codey spokeswoman Kelley Heck. “But he’s not saying he wouldn’t consider it.”
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We should expect some form of imbecile to be appointed. It is what NJ has asked for and what NJ deserves...
National Democrats must be very worried about GOP candidate Tom Kean, Jr. if they're going to this much trouble, especially on the heels of a victory in that very state. And polls show Kean slightly ahead of the three Democrats who have announced their interest.
You're very correct. And Tom Kean, Jr, though far from making an ideal Senator, would be an improvement over either one of them.
I'm putting my money on the appointment of McGreevy's "I'm a Gay American" lover as the next NJ Senator...
Bill Clinton.
So do you think that Corzine's handlers will pull the right strings to make Corzine do the jig?
It's better than Pallone or Menendez
Frank Murkowski (R-AK) did the same thing. Of course I believe he did more time in the Senate.
Herpes vs. gonorrhea.
Scott Garrett for U.S. Senate '06 !
New Jersey like Calipornia is a lost cause.
I think Kean will have a good shot, good name recognition, moderate like his own home state (and NJ GOP), and with the Democrats being the way they are in NJ, he could capitalize on this oppurtunity. Now I dont know a whole lot about Codey, but i hear he's the most popular Dem in NJ right now? He also seems like the kind of guy that would have ties to Unions and appeal to Blue Collar kind of guys. He could be a tough opponent, not that he is a very thrilling person, but just because he could have connections, and isnt Corzine or a Republican.
Why not a special election? Or is it that the Demoncrats want to control the graft and corruption?
I'm not sure I understand. Wouldn't Corzine have to resign his Senate seat before he became Governor? Wouldn't that mean that, in the few seconds after he did so, the sitting Governor could appoint himself as Corzine's replacement?
I still think if Cody is the senator, it opens up an opportunity to win the Senate seat, assuming the pure conservatives don't trash the moderate republican we need to win in that state. That's a big assumption.
We need to figure out a way to get the moderates supporting true conservatives where they can win, and the conservatives settling for moderates where we have to, in order to keep control of the senate to avoid the horror of another Justice Ginsberg.
It's not going to be Menendez. It might be Codey, but my guess is Corzine wants Pallone to have it. Menendez is the stronger Dem candidate, but he's also disloyal.
And you'd be wrong. Kean, Jr. has his name, but that's about it. He's not intelligent, he's not charismatic, he's not a good manager, and he's rumored to have skeletons in his closet. Now skeletons are a dime-a-dozen in New Jersey, but the point being he's not as great a candidate as you'd think.
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