[Alberta's Child]

While there are several good points raised in this article, I don't like the tone of Novak's whole premise. A candidate for statewide office runs a thoroughly mediocre campaign, and yet it's President Bush's fault that this candidate is running behind this late in the game.

You have to remember that it would be a miracle if Schundler won. New Jersey is a third world toilet, and the fact that this race is even close is an indication of just how bad a candidate McGreevey is.

The Bush team may be playing this smart, too. I get the same sense in this race that I got in the Giuliani-Dinkins mayoral race in New York City in 1989. Dinkins won that year, but four years later the place was such a mess that the voters had no choice but to turn to Giuliani as their savior.

[KQQL]

I think W can help Earley more than he can help Schundler at this point.

[Mudboy Slim]

"The Bush team may be playing this smart, too."

Hogwash, IMHO!! There are only two races that really matter this November...NJ & VA!! And Dubyuh has refused to assist one iota in either campaign...he needs to get off his arse and help out!! Bi-Partisanship is fer LOSERS like Dubyuh's Daddy '92!!!

The folks fighting the War on Terrorism won't miss Dubyuh for a day or two while he jets to NJ and motorcades to VA fer a few hours each...and it'll dominate the news.

FReegards...MUD

[Cable225]

"A candidate for statewide office runs a thoroughly mediocre campaign, and yet it's President Bush's fault that this candidate is running behind this late in the game.

You are absolutely correct. The Schundler campaign has been unfocused, to say the least. Local Republican headquarters cannot get advertising supplies (lawn signs, bumper stickers, etc.), requests to help make phone calls or hand out fliers go unanswered, it's really a mess.

As another poster said, the fact that the spread is only 10 points is a glaring example of how weak a candidate McGreevey is.