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Closer N.J. Senate race than anticipated
AP ^ | 29 September, 2006 | DONNA DE LA CRUZ

Posted on 09/29/2006 11:10:42 AM PDT by Alex1977

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1 posted on 09/29/2006 11:10:43 AM PDT by Alex1977
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After Menendez is re-elected by the clueless voters, he'll resign and Corzine will appoint a more honest man in his stead... Maybe Toricelli, for example, or possibly McGreevy.


2 posted on 09/29/2006 11:14:11 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Vice President Cheney has been to NJ to raise money for Kean as had the first President Bush.

Hardly to be said that the republicans didn't give him any money.

3 posted on 09/29/2006 11:14:34 AM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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Sheesh... no bias in this article...


4 posted on 09/29/2006 11:14:57 AM PDT by pgyanke (We can't share the blessings of peace with those for whom violence is holy imperative. -andy58-in-nh)
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NJ voters arent very smart are they? Gee which party would raise my taxes...hmmn?? Let me think....


5 posted on 09/29/2006 11:14:57 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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The Republican's criticisms of President Bush seem to have helped him, too.

Why Republicans from N-E are always RINOs?!

6 posted on 09/29/2006 11:15:36 AM PDT by Alex1977
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Are you sure?


7 posted on 09/29/2006 11:16:10 AM PDT by Alex1977
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The RATs will not protect the American people and the voters of New Jersey are very aware of this. The RATs are more interested in alqaeda civil rights, and if they get power, the RATs will demand that our hero's Mirandize the terrorists on the battlefield. This is a big reason that the corrupt and creepy menendez will lose...

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8 posted on 09/29/2006 11:19:11 AM PDT by AdvisorB
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New Jersey Senate: Kean Retakes Lead

Kean (R) 44% Menendez (D) 39%

September 6, 2006

Republican State Senator Tom Kean, Jr.Republican State Senator Tom Kean Jr., son of the former NJ Governor, again leads Democratic Senator Bob Menendez in New Jersey's race for U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Kean with 44% of the vote while Menendez is at 39%. (see crosstabs) In our last two polls, Menendez, an appointed incumbent, held a six-point lead.

To reflect the reversal, we are now revising our assessment of the contest from "Leans Democrat" to "Toss-Up" in our Senate Balance of Power ratings. Menendez thus becomes the only Senate Democrat not favored to win re-election. Three Republican incumbents (DeWine, Burns, Chafee) find themselves in Toss-Up races. Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum’s (R) race is ranked as Leans Democrat.

The new numbers in the Garden State represent a dramatic shift from the last two polls, but the contest has been close all year. Neither candidate has been able to move above the low-40s in terms of voter support.

Kean has a famous name, but New Jersey leans Democrat. The candidates have been swapping charges of corruption and ethical conduct, and it may be that the incumbent is getting the worst of it. Kean has been slamming Menendez hard about rent he collected for several years from a nonprofit agency for which he helped get federal funding.

Menendez now attracts just 70% of Democrats (down from 77% in June, whereas Kean's support from the GOP base is now at 85%. Twelve percent (12%) of Democrats are "not sure" who to support. That's a pretty wobbly base as the race enters the home stretch.

Meanwhile, Kean enjoys a clear advantage not only with Republicans and conservatives but also with unaffiliated voters (43% to 29%) and moderates (52% to 33%).

Kean's "very favorable" number (14%) is twice as high as his "very unfavorable" (7%). The reverse is true for Menendez whose numbers are 16% "very unfavorable" and 9% "very favorable."

Forty-one percent (41%) of all voters see Menendez as politically liberal while 33% say he’s a moderate. Twenty-one percent (21%) don’t know enough to have an opinion. That’s high for an incumbent, but Menendez was appointed by Governor Corzine (D) and has held office for less than a year.

A plurality (42%) see the Republican challenger as politically moderate. Thirty-two percent (32%) say he’s a conservative and 19% are not sure.

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Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdge™ Premium Service for Election 2006 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a mid-term election. We update the President's Job Approval Ratings daily and are polling competitive Senate and Governor's races at least once a month in 2006.

Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.

During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.

Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports August 28, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. (see Methodology)


9 posted on 09/29/2006 11:19:49 AM PDT by Alex1977
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The brain dead voters of New Jersey know who and what bagman bobbie is. If the Jersey rat loses his nerve and drops bagman, they will elect the gay American. Only a smart play by Christie can nail this seat down, the voters are way too stupid.


10 posted on 09/29/2006 11:21:00 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (DON'T BELIEVE PESSIMISM: FEELINGS ARE FOR LOVE SONGS. FACTS ARE FOR PREDICTING WHO WINS IN NOV)
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Media ignoring any poll showing a tie.

Pretending it's close to cover up for the fraud they have planned.

11 posted on 09/29/2006 11:27:11 AM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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Are you sarcasming back my sarcasm or did you think I was serious?


12 posted on 09/29/2006 11:36:01 AM PDT by pgyanke (We can't share the blessings of peace with those for whom violence is holy imperative. -andy58-in-nh)
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The first one, my friend... ---> /s on /s


13 posted on 09/29/2006 11:37:42 AM PDT by Alex1977
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NJ voters arent very smart are they? Gee which party would raise my taxes...hmmn?? Let me think....

Allow me to correct your statement: "Gee which party would raise my taxes more...hmmn?? Let me think...."

That's better. NJ RINO's smell only slightly less than the liberal turds in this cesspool of a state.

14 posted on 09/29/2006 12:05:07 PM PDT by paulcissa (Only YOU can prevent liberalism.)
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You should of stated.

Why Republicans from NJ are always RINOs?!

Only a handful od NE pubbies are Rino's all NJ pubbies are Rino's.

15 posted on 09/29/2006 1:11:35 PM PDT by rocksblues (Liberals will stop at nothing.)
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I don't understand why there is anytension or excitement at all about the "polls" in NJ. The voting blocs that determine NJ elections never participate in polls, namely Dead-Americans and Illegal-Americans.


16 posted on 09/29/2006 1:50:22 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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Are you sure this is the democrat voting-bloc only in NJ?


17 posted on 09/29/2006 1:54:38 PM PDT by Alex1977
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you forgot about all the pets that also vote!

besides...if it gets too problematic for menendez...he will be substituted with cody or bradley....after all...per the last court decision after the torch...the dems can do anything!!!


18 posted on 09/29/2006 3:08:11 PM PDT by hnj_00
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Lots of Dead-Americans and Illegal-Americans live reside and vote in Maryland, Louisiana and of course, in that playground of the Dead, Chicago.
19 posted on 09/29/2006 3:10:35 PM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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The people who vote dem in nj generally don't pay federal income taxes, they're the inner city poor, or they're dead people voting from the grave.


20 posted on 09/30/2006 5:57:42 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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