"I am almost certain that if Forrester wins the social conservatives will stay home in droves."
It will be very difficult to say the least for Forrester to be able to motivate conservatives to go vote when he stands for so many liberal principles. Still, he's far preferable to Corzine, and if Forrester ends up winning (which I hope he doesn't) I hope he extends an olive branch to conservatives, adopts a more conservative platform and beats Corzine in November.
And if Schundler wins, I hope the RINOs who deserted him in 2001 think about how they agree with Schundler on a heck of a lot more issues than they do with Corzine, and just as they voted heavily for Reagan in the 1980s they should extend their support to Schundler in 2005. Schundler is not as conservative as George W. Bush, and Corzine is even more liberal than John Kerry, so I think the Kerry 52.92%, Bush 46.24% result from 2004 can be turned into Schundler 50%, Corzine 49% in 2005. And did you hear that a former Democrat mayor will run as an independent for governor? PoliticsNJ.com reported that: "Former Stafford Mayor Wesley Bell, who said several months ago that he would run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary but never filed nominating petitions, filed today as an Independent candidate. Bell, who has run for U.S. Senate and State Senate, has lost four mayoral bids since being ousted in 1983. (06/07/05)" Sounds like Bell won't get many votes, but in a close race any votes he takes away from Corzine could be crucial to a GOP victory.
I'm not all that much of a social conservative, and even *I* will stay home if Forrester wins.
Schundler better win this, or today is the day Jon Corzine wins the Gubernatorial election.