DiFrancesco: No endorsement; McGreevey leads Schundler by 18; Dems portray Schundler as a Terrorist

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[StopDemocratsDotCom]

Get Ready for it guys. We will lose New Jersey by a double digit margin in the final vote tally. We will lose Virginia by about 3 or 4 percentage points, and we will lose New York by a smaller margin than expected a week ago, from 5 to 8 percent. The Democrats will take all 4 eletions (These three and Los Angeles ->Jim Hahn) this years. In my opinion, in New Jersey as much as I like Schundler, it was almost impossible for him to win in a Left-Wing state and the fact that Bush did not campaign for him, McGreevey has been campaigning for the past 4 years, and DiFrancesco and almost 18 percent of Republicans are not supporting Schundler did not help.

In Virginia, Earley did not capitalize on the Republican leanings of the state and the budget battle did not help. This governorship was for us to lose.

Commie New York has no hope of electing a Republican, they have a turncoat that is running on the ballot

[looney tune]

Yow! I thought Brett was closing the gap.

[clintonh8r]

DiFrancesco is a real putz.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I'M SURE THE VOTERS IN NEW JERSEY WILL BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE TOLD AS THEY ARE EVERY BIT AS GULLIBLE AS CALIFORNIA VOTERS.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Schundler will be the last Republican I ever vote for in this state...time to try the Libertarians for awhile...

[marajade]

"DiFrancesco is a real putz."

Yeah he is. He should put personal feelings aside and come out and endorse him. If he's acting governor why didn't he run?

[KQQL]

:(

[OldFriend]

DiFrancesco is not running because he is a crook and ought to be in jail. He is blaming Schundler for releasing all the dirt on him when he first annouced. He and Toricelli have the same problem.....they belong in jail.

[marajade]

Is he their Lt Gov? Or why did Whitman appoint him?

[SuziQ]

Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco said today that there would be no 11th hour endorsement of Republican Bret Schundler for Governor, saying that his differences with his former opponent were "personal."

I think Mr. DeFrancesco needs to get a Big Damn Grip! He doesn't need to gush personally about Schundler, he just needs to remind people that the state would be better off with a Repub. Governor; unless he doesn't really believe that, then maybe someone from the Natl. Repub. Party needs to have a 'come to Jesus' meeting with him to explain how the money keeps rolling in for those who help, but can dry up pretty quick for those who tend to get snippy!

[rwfromkansas]

It's over. We have lost. Bush doing something wouldn't have helped anyway.

[afuturegovernor]

Schundler will be the last Republican I ever vote for in this state...time to try the Libertarians for awhile...

Just wondering, what are you mad at?

[clikker]

Donnie DiFrancesco is the President of the State Senate. Since NJ has no Lt. Governor, if there's a vacancy in the Governor's office, the President of the State Senate becomes the Acting Governor, while retaining his seat in the Legislature.

[rwfromkansas]

It is clear that in those states at least, Sept. 11 has not caused a change from liberal to conservative.

[afuturegovernor]

The Democrats will take all 4 eletions

I fear that you are right. The Democratic Party is beating our brains out this year. We have to do better.

[Antoninus]

Uh, is this defeatist crap really 'Breaking news'?

[clikker]

More defeatism is looming -- aargh!

[marajade]

" ... time to try the Libertarians for awhile ..."

And you think they have a better chance of getting elected?

[marajade]

"Donnie DiFrancesco is the President of the State Senate. Since NJ has no Lt. Governor, if there's a vacancy in the Governor's office, the President of the State Senate becomes the Acting Governor, while retaining his seat in the Legislature."

You mean the Repubs have control of the state senate but Schundler is polling that badly?

[He Rides A White Horse]

Schundler will be the last Republican I ever vote for in this state...time to try the Libertarians for awhile...

I vote based on ideas, not political parties. If I had a choice between a pro-gun, pro-life libertarian, or a RINO, that would be an easy decision for me.