I know it was. Kean was a rather shall we say, dim candidate. But he was one of ours.
bebe Kean was a Bush hater, thanks to his odious father. When Cheney came to NJ for a fundraiser for Kean, he didn't show up, leaving Cheney embarrassed.
He never missed a chance to criticize the President and was generally his father's puppet.
Conservatives in NJ haven't forgotten the 9/11 Commission and the hoax that was. A blame Bush bash with Kean at the head.