Both candidates were running as agents of change, but instead of using their wealth to sell their agendas, these multimillionaires have squandered money on attacks. It's not that the charges are scandalous; this is the usual stuff we see in New Jersey. It's the amount of ads these guys have paid for. |
Citizens are not happy about the sales tax. They will not be happy about their property taxes going up, but people do indeed seem to understand the state is having hard fiscal times and solutions are hard to come by. |
Clearly, Democrats were saying we're not rubber-stamping this. |
Coming after Peter Harvey and at a time citizens are so skeptical of government, to appoint a political operative is dreadful. |
Cory Booker wins handily. Booker has grass-roots support. |
Forrester wanted to be seen as the candidate of ethics reform. I think that's slipped away. |
He is in trouble. It's been a summer that's been squandered. Can Doug Forrester in the next week or two rebound and refocus his campaign and start generating some favorable attention? |
He's giving us a mixed message. Is this really a new beginning, or is this the same old talk? |
He's within striking distance. It looks like a competitive race. |
He's worked very hard to try to overcome that ... (but) as a minority member of the Senate, of course, accomplishments are thin. There's not a policy record there. There's not successes to point to. |
His criticisms of Washington, of the Bush administration for being too ideologically conservative, and its policies in Iraq and its failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, are likely to resonate with many New Jersey unaffiliated voters. |
His criticisms of Washington, of the Bush administration for being too ideologically conservative, and its policies in Iraq and its failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, are likely to resonate with many New Jersey unaffiliated voters. |
I think he wants to de-emphasize money and to draw attention away from the fact he is so wealthy. He perceives himself to have a populist administration. |
I wonder, with a couple days to go, if the ad cuts through, or if people look at it and say, 'Aren't you the guy whose ex-wife says he shouldn't be governor? |
In a situation where the state is facing budget problems, it's hard to convince voters that you can do a lot. If it was so easy to provide property-tax relief, surely they would have already done so. It's easier to attack. |