Posted on 10/17/2006 5:17:51 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
The same Democratic leaders who have long hoped to regain control of Congress by blasting a Republican "culture of corruption" are in danger of losing their shot at the Senate because of accusations of corruption against Sen. Robert Menendez.
What was expected to be an easy win for Democrats has become one of the nation's most hotly contested Senate races.
Mr. Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, has been plagued by news reports that he's under federal investigation for a long-standing rental deal with a nonprofit group that received millions in federal funding while he was a House member.
His Republican opponent, Tom Kean Jr., has hammered the Democratic incumbent in negative ads. And the criticism increased last month after the Philadelphia Inquirer reported a taped conversation in which a Menendez ally told a government contractor that he would have "protection" if he hired a doctor with ties to Mr. Menendez.
Democrats say they're not surprised by the Republican focus on accusations of corruption but say Mr. Menendez will win anyway by linking Mr. Kean to President Bush. Polls show that Mr. Bush is unpopular in this liberal state, where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans.
"We are confident Bob Menendez is going to be elected," said Phil Singer, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Tom Kean is a George Bush clone."
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Why is it the folks in New Jersey keep voting for people who steal from them?
Nobody ever said lefties are bright!!!
The dem voters here have corruption in their bloodstream.
But it's far from true.
Since when did I start listening to lefties...?
Oh, when you said "nobody" I thought you meant "nobody".
Same reason people in New Orleans do it. It's entertainment. As long as their union jobs and pensions are secure, they really don't care what the politicians do. When the corruption comes back to bite them (as we saw with the levee failure in New Orleans) they just demand that Washington come in a fix everything.
Lefties are "nobodies"...
Apparently, Bob Menendez is a Bob Toricelli clone...
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