Irrelevant? How does someone from Virginia get off telling someone from New Jersey about New Jersey politics. (I mean, I met Millicent Fenwick for goodness' sake.)
You're trying to rally the troops and all you're demonstrating is that you have absolutely no grasp of NJ politics.
Bret Schundler was NJ's best chance at retaining the State House; and the GOP both in NJ and in DC felt it wasn't worth their time because Bret wasn't THEIR man.
You must work for the GOP or are delusional, but I don't think you realize how a lot of NJ Pubbies feel let down.
Personally, I decided a while ago that I was voting Libertarian no matter who won the nomination. In fact (and I hate to admit this) but I'd rather see Torch than just about anyone the State GOP machine feels like putting up there.
Doug calling my house 50 times during the preliminaries didn't help either.
So you can stick that 'irrelevant' where the sun don't shine and buck up and realize that the 14% that haven't decided sure as hell aren't going to cross the street to cast a vote for Doug Forrester. Sorry. Won't happen. Hate to throw that reality at you, but someone's got to do it.
Incidentally, this is where you berate me for not believing or tell me how my attitude sucks or how I must not be a 'real' Republican, etc. But, speaking as you are from ignorance, I'll politely ignore your taunts and
'fart in your general direction'.
Peace.
You're trying to rally the troops and all you're demonstrating is that you have absolutely no grasp of NJ politics. Wrong. I'm just looking at the numbers and leaving emotion out of this as much as possible.
You, however, are doing your darnedest to dismiss Forrester, no matter what's staring you in the face.
I have no grasp of NJ politics? Bret opened up with about a 17-pt deficit in the polls and lost by about the same margin. Comparing him to Forrester, who is tied in one poll and barely trailing in two others, is silly.
You folks should feel betrayed by Bret's lousy treatment, just as this Virginian does. But, quite frankly, this Virginian did a whole lot more to advance Bret's cause than a lot of NJ FReepers.
Speaking of ignorance, why in the world would you presume that I'm a Republican? :-) You need to sit down and have a snack. That blood sugar's a little low.