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Wasn't Treffinger cited for FEC violations? How is he better than Torricelli?

What's Diane Allen's appeal? I just don't get it. Does she have the Elizabeth Dole Syndrome -- "I'm female so vote for me!" ?

Forrester -- he's got enough money to fund his own race. Don't know enough about him though.

We'll see. Should be interesting...

In fact, Treffinger WAS cited for FEC violations -- FOURTEEN SEPARARE CATEGORIES of violations, no less! They range from the mundane (failing to get prior approval of a new computer format for filing) to the very serious (accepting corporate contributions, failing to report individual contributions, spending money in the primary that was earmarked for the general, accepting excessive contributions, etc.).

What Treffinger's FEC violations do is make it impossible for him to compare his record favorably with Torricelli's. The two are in the same boat, as machine pols with sleazy lawbreaking records when it comes to funding their campaigns -- which means, essentially, that Treffinger can't use against the Torch one of the biggest weapons a Republican has.

That ALONE should disqualify him from serious consideration. What in the world could all those county GOP chairmen be thinking?! Oh, that's right, I forgot -- they don't care about putting forth the strongest possible candidate against the Torch, all they care about is their own little fiefdoms.

Schundler was right -- we should have taken a flamethrower to the party organization hacks last year.