New Challenge to Garrett in NJ-5

by: Jay Lassiter

Tue Sep 18, 2007 at 09:36:22 AM EDT

Dennis Shulman

Taking on Garrett is a longshot, we all know that, but Shulman (who's also a Rabbi) adds a much needed dose of "common sense religious left sensibility" to the election year debate in NJ-5.  After all, Garrett is widely regarded as the most extreme ideologue in the NJ Congressional delegation, making Saxton, Ferguson, et al look like choirboys.  Taking Scott Garrett on is gonna be a huge challenge.

Dennis Shulman has faced challenges before.  It just so happens that he's blind.  But it didn't stop him from grabbing a Harvard sheepskin and going on to become a religious leader.  The blind thing is a small part of the overall narraitive, but a it's still worth noting that a Shulman victory would be history-making.  There's never been a blind member of the House of Representatives.  (It's weird, so often we think of diversity in Congress as a gender or race thing.  There aren't a lot of faces from the disability community serving on That Hill.  Can you think of any?)

We have fourteen months to see how this plays out.

Note: I invited Dr. Shulman to a podcast and if he accepts, then ya'll will be the first to know.