[Question_Assumptions]

They really over-estimate how "blue" New Jersey is. Do they need to be reminded that then-unknown Christy Whitman almost defeated the very popular Bill Bradley in 1990 with 47% of the vote and that during the reign of Jim "Dump" Florio, the Republicans gained veto-proof majorities in both houses of the state legislature in 1991 and took the governor's seat in 1993. Yes, the New Jersey RINOs largely squandered their victory but it's hardly a Democrat lock.

[Alberta's Child]

Christie Whitman was so freaking liberal that she may as well have been a Democrat. The last time anyone even remotely resembling a conservative won a statewide race in this state was when George Bush (41) won New Jersey in 1988.

[Alberta's Child]

(This was posted on another thread last night, and I think it's worth re-posting here . . .)

Trust me on this one -- and I say this as a New Jersey voter . . .

The best scenario on election day would be one in which the GOP retains control of the Senate and loses this race. This is exactly what happened in 2002 when Lautenberg replaced Torricelli after the ballot deadline had passed.

The last thing this country needs is any influence within the majority party in Washington from this state. New Jersey currently sends far more tax revenue to Washington than it gets back in Federal appropriations, and as this place gets more and more crowded with misfits from New York City, immigrants (legal and illegal alike) from every Third World rat-hole on the planet, and neurotic, self-obsessed homosexuals (in light of yesterday's New Jersey supreme court ruling), I say let's keep it that way.