Democrats Wondering Whether It's 2002 All Over Again in NJ

[MarkWarner08]

Here's how Menendez can still win this race:

1. Use his COH advantage: Menendez has over $7 million in the bank to spend. A friend of mine in Jersey politics says Menendez is planning one major ad blitz to wipe out Kean. Menendez needs to spend every dollar he has on defaming Kean's record. The Hotline said that since August, Republican insiders have grown less and less sanguine about their party's chances in this race. If the DSCC and Menendez can hit Kean hard, they can take this race off the playing board.

2. Kean/Bush: We all know that Jon Corzine was a weak candidate in 2000 and 2005. The reason he won in 2000 was his purse and in 2005, it was George W. Bush. If this election is about Iraq and Bush, Menendez wins by 2-3%, if it's about corruption, the GOP wins.

3. Nationalize it: Democrats have to make this election a referendum on the failed Bush policies on Iraq, health care, energy, terror and the incompetence of the GOP. If Kean becomes  just "another Republican," Menendez.

4. Attack Kean: Menendez is calling Kean "Quid Pro Kean "-- that's a start. The Senator needs to attack Kean for his ethical problems, thus muddying the waters and confusing voters.  Democrats CANNOT allow the GOP to apply a duplicitous moral standard on Menendez. If this race come down to  two corrupt pols in a Democratic year in a Democratic state, Menendez wins.

5. Attack the investigation: If this is a blatant attempt to misuse the judiciary to harm a Democrat's reelection chances, then Menendez has a shot of becoming the victim. Democrats need to talk about the GOP conspiracy to take down a U.S Senator.

[MarkWarner08]

"Bob Menendez is an outstanding senator who works tirelessly for the people of New Jersey," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D., N.Y.), head of the Democrats' Senate reelection committee. "From day one of this campaign, Tom Kean Jr. has relied on smears to cover up his own ties to George Bush."

I don't like Bob Menendez, but Democrats MUST support him in order to take back the Senate.

[MarkWarner08]

Trust me, he will not win, don't let Conan's opinions and partisanship sway you into a sense of denial, I know your smarter than that.

I'm not swayed by Conan or anyone else. I don't believe that Chuck Schumer is going to allow Bob Menendez to lose. If need be, the DSCC will drag Menendez across the finish line.

If the scandal worsens, Kean wins; otherwise, this is race still has a very slight Democratic edge.

[MarkWarner08]

Trust me, he will not win, don't let Conan's opinions and partisanship sway you into a sense of denial, I know your smarter than that.

I'm not swayed by Conan or anyone else. I don't believe that Chuck Schumer is going to allow Bob Menendez to lose. If need be, the DSCC will drag Menendez across the finish line.

If the scandal worsens, Kean wins; otherwise, this is race still has a very slight Democratic edge.

I don't think Chuck Schumer has any more tug on this race than Dole and RSCC or whatever have on this race.  All this and no one mentions that Tom Kean Sr. has yet to make campaign stops frequently.  When he comes out, expect a more direct correlation between him and his son and this race will soon become a runaway.

Chuck Schumer is one of the best strategists in D.C. Period. According to Roll Call, the GOP was worried about losing the House back in January 2005. You know why? Because Rahm Emanuel had just been choosen as the DCCC chairman.

Emanuel and Schumer are bulldogs who have out-raised, out-smarted and out-recruited their Republican foes. Other the other hand, Dole has been a miserable failure with the NRSC and Reynolds is too busy fighting a reelection battle to do an effective job for the NRCC.

I have read interviews with the Harvard educated Schumer and I've seen how aggressive and smart he is. He will find a way to help Democrats save this seat.

California had the "Terminator," Senate Democrats have the "Schumenator." I have faith in Schumer.

[MarkWarner08]

Trust me, he will not win, don't let Conan's opinions and partisanship sway you into a sense of denial, I know your smarter than that.

I'm not swayed by Conan or anyone else. I don't believe that Chuck Schumer is going to allow Bob Menendez to lose. If need be, the DSCC will drag Menendez across the finish line.

If the scandal worsens, Kean wins; otherwise, this is race still has a very slight Democratic edge.

I don't think Chuck Schumer has any more tug on this race than Dole and RSCC or whatever have on this race.  All this and no one mentions that Tom Kean Sr. has yet to make campaign stops frequently.  When he comes out, expect a more direct correlation between him and his son and this race will soon become a runaway.

Chuck Schumer is one of the best strategists in D.C. Period. According to Roll Call, the GOP was worried about losing the House back in January 2005. You know why? Because Rahm Emanuel had just been choosen as the DCCC chairman.

Emanuel and Schumer are bulldogs who have out-raised, out-smarted and out-recruited their Republican foes. Other the other hand, Dole has been a miserable failure with the NRSC and Reynolds is too busy fighting a reelection battle to do an effective job for the NRCC.

I have read interviews with the Harvard educated Schumer and I've seen how aggressive and smart he is. He will find a way to help Democrats save this seat.

California had the "Terminator," Senate Democrats have the "Schumenator." I have faith in Schumer.

That's funny, because I have faith in Tom Kean Jr., the next senator from the awful state of NJ

We'll see. It'll be a battle between the two Ivy League educated pols: Kean and Schumer