His inner circle now responds to ALL written and telephone communications with the Senator.
I have almost no doubt Lautenberg will be reelected.
Posted on 02/07/2007 3:28:56 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
With legislative races this year expected to do little to tilt the balance of power in Trenton, the hottest race in New Jersey could very well be the one for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Frank Lautenberg.
Although voters will not decide the race until November 2008, Lautenberg is filling his campaign treasury, with three fund-raisers down and others planned for Palm Beach, Fla.; Austin, Texas; Denver, and Los Angeles.
Tim Yehl, Lautenberg's chief of staff, expects the race to cost each candidate up to $15 million. That's bad news for Lautenberg, who loves being a senator but hates the fund-raising grind.
"The best part of the job is not the fund-raising," Lautenberg, in a recent interview, said dryly.
But Lautenberg will be hitting the road, like it or not, because the 33 Senate seats up for grabs next year will be extremely important to both parties. Democrats won a one-seat majority last year, and the 12 incumbent Democratic senators running next year will be doing their part to hold onto it.
For Lautenberg, who turned 83 on Jan. 23, that will mean turning back a Republican to be named later.
The most well-known likely Republican candidate, U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, took himself out of the running last month, signaling other Republicans they could start exploring a run.
U.S. Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo, a South Jersey Republican, seems unlikely to run, though he has been mentioned on the short list of possible candidates. But Bill Baroni, a moderate GOP assemblyman who keeps winning in a Democratic-leaning Mercer County district, is paying attention to party leaders who have asked him to at least think about it.
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There don't seem to be a lot of options. But Lautenburg's negative ratings are simply too high to write this race off.
do i smell a comeback for the torch?
Lautenburg? I'm surprised he hasn't started fossilizing.
Hey, how 'bout Christie Whitman ?
=running away=
;-D
Only his bowel movements since Daschle isn't around anymore to change his Depends.
Senator Frank Lautenberg is such an arrogant asshat that he allowed the enormous new train station hub in Secaucus to be named after him while he is still alive.
~ Blue Jays ~
Coprolites.
You are soooooooo bad!
His inner circle now responds to ALL written and telephone communications with the Senator.
I have almost no doubt Lautenberg will be reelected.
Ok, who's the next New Jersey Great Republican Hope to be chewed up and spit out by a Democrat hack? Line forms to the right....
Wow, he's aiming low. How come he hasn't moved to have Camden named after him ?
This is the NJ GOP we're talking about. The line forms on the LEFT.
My first choice would be Steve Forbes, but he hasn't shown interest in the past. Maybe we can convince Congressman Mike Ferguson, a Catholic pro-life moderate from Central Jersey, to run for the seat.
Hopefully the grim reaper will have caught up to him by then. He's a thouroughly repulsive man.
Yeah, I'd prefer Forbes, but it seems like the party will put up someone like the ultra-RINO State Sen. Diane Allen (who, of course, will be trounced). Hell, I'd even settle for Doug Forrester at this point. Too bad Bret Schundler couldn't go for it, but you know that tune...
The walking corpse is running again?
It's either that or he has to go to a real senior citizens home. Better perks in the Senate.
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