According to my sources the NJ Supreme Court decision is not a done deal (as far as the Democrats are concerned). Word is that if this attempt to put Lautenberg on the ballot fails, then Torricelli is going to resign and McGreevey is going to name Lautenberg as his replacement. The next major court battle is going to be over whether McGreevey can schedule a special election after November 5th. And I think this is why, even though it will anger some of us hardcore, take-no-prisoners Republicans here, that this decision will NOT be appealed to the US Supreme Court. The Republicans are just going to have to gamble that Forrester can beat the cheaters in the General Election. If they do anything else, it will be checkmate. This way, the Republicans are still in the game until the General Election. AND with a Republican majority in the Senate (hoping we win seats elsewhere) the Senate can refuse to seat the cheater.
I think you make a good point. I would also add that if the Democrats were willing to go to these lengths to get Maximus Rectus Torricellius off the ballot, they must have had a sense that the other Senate races are not going very well for them.