Posted on 03/04/2008 5:00:12 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of New Jersey voters found Democratic Incumbent Frank Lautenberg leading three Republican opponents in the race for the U.S. Senate in head to head match-ups.
Lautenberg leads Anne Evans Estabrook 44% to 34%, Joe Pennacchio 46% to 38% and Murray Sabrin 46% to 31%.
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“The dead get to vote in New Jersey. Dont they deserve senate representation also?”
LOL
Perhaps Vince Foster could be their nominee.
What worries me is we could potentially have a sitution like the gubernatoral race where Steve Lonegan and Bret Schundler split the conservative vote and the RINO "moderate" pushed by the party bigwings got nominated and promptly lost to the Dems. Now we have Jersey Joe and Murray Sabin both running as unashamed pro-life, pro-gun, pro-family, pro-cutting spending, pro-cutting taxes, pro-freedom, anti-corruption conservatives, and critizing Estabrook for her RINO beliefs. If they draw from the same the anti-Estabrook/anti-RINO establishment voter base, Estabrook will win the nomination with a minority of votes.
Don't underestimate Sabrin's appeal. Lonegan got only 8%, Sabrin will probably get at least 10%, just enough to deny Jersey Joe the nomination. He's got good name ID from his previous runs (I remember his memorial speeches as the pro-life LP candidate trying to push his party rightward), and even though he's cozy with Ron Paul & his movement, Sabrin doesn't come across as a kook. Nevertheless, he has no shot at defeating the Dem in November. Jersey Joe is the only one who has a clue how to appeal to the typical New Jersey family.
We need to unite behind Joe and see if we can get this guy groomed for future office.
These polling numbers are not good for an incumbent, considering his name recognition advantage. Undecideds tend to break in the direction of the challenger vs. the incumbent.
But the NJ 'Rats needn't worry. If a few weeks before the election Lautenberg seems to be in big trouble, they'll find someone to replace him on the ballot - regardless of the state law. That's exactly what they did when they replaced the scandal-ridden Toricelli with Lautenberg himself several years ago. And that's why Lautenberg is the incumbent today.
didn’t that happen in Missouri?
Correct. John Ashcroft lost to Mel Carnahan, after the latter died in a plane crash.
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