Fred Barnes says Forrester should stop and run; they don't think the USSC will take the case.
Heh, Barnes just said Lautenberg (sp) is over the hill. ;)
The irony in this story is the money. Will the Torch hand over his $5 mill war chest? (It would be hard to imagine the NJ dems pushing Torch out, without also taking the money.) If not, will Lautenberg fund himself? Then this irony, on the reason Lautenberg decided not to run again in 1999.
Sen. Lautenberg says he will not seek re-election
"The compelling factor, I've got to tell you, in my decision was the searing reality that I would have to spend half of every day between now and the next election fund-raising," said Lautenberg, a Democrat.
To run an effective campaign, Lautenberg said he would have had to ask thousands of people for help and raise an average of $25,000 to $30,000 every business day. That would have distracted him from his legislative work in Washington, he said.
Or he, as a MILLIONAIRE, could decide that the only way to run is to pay for it himself.
RE: Brit Hume's show..."MEATHEAD!!!" LOL, I LOVE Fred Barnes!
I agree. Drop the case and run. He loses votes if he challenges. It's over on the ballot issue. Somehow Lautenberg looks like a hero in this. This is very bad news. People said the widow Carnahan had no chance either.
According to a commentator of FSN, the Supreme Court can't take the case because they are "forbidden" by law to have oversight over STATE elections. And we all know that no court would deliberately overstep Federal or State Law. Would they, howlin? LOL. {:~O)>