NJ GOP prays this Easter for a savior

by: ken bank

Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 09:03:20 PM EDT

This Easter weekend New Jersey's Republican leaders are praying desperately in their country club hangouts as they anxiously await a decision next week by a potential messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of having to choose between the lesser of two clowns to run against Frank Lautenberg. Andy Unanue is young, articulate, moderate and most important, as heir to the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US (Goya Foods), fabulously wealthy and willing to finance his own campaign.

The real challenge for the chablis-and-brie country club set will be getting their chosen savior passed the gauntlet of reactionary Pharisees who seem to be coalescing around "Ron Paul wannabee" Murray Sabrin.
The small but potent group of Pharisee wingnuts in the NJGOP is alreadygearing up to politically crucify Andy Unanue should he have the temerity to defy their aspiration to win the primary for Sabrin. Expect the mud-slinging (mostly in one direction) to be fast and furious.

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All of them will lose (0.00 / 0)

But with Sabrin (the weakest) or Unanue (next weakest) as their nominee, the state GOP will be especially disadvantaged senate-wise (e.g, top of the ticket) for congressional districts we are targeting. I fully expect Pennacchio to get the nomination; though he is somewhat likable, Pennacchio is a social conservative and relatively easy target in some respects. And this Republican infighting -- and it is infighting, not a constructive conversation -- weakens them even further. Sadly, I don't think the national Republicans will be duped again to dump money into the state this time, though, and waste their resources.

by: Martin @ Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 03:09:29 AM UTC