July 8, 2004
AKA, KILL THE GUY WITH THE FOOTBALL:
McGreevey Accuses U.S. Attorney of Smear (DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, 7/08/04, NY Times)
Insisting that he and his staff had always acted with integrity, Gov. James E. McGreevey on Wednesday accused New Jersey's United States attorney of using a fund-raising investigation as a political "smear campaign," and urged prosecutors to release all the documents and tapes they had gathered in the inquiry.
Steve Forbes owes it to the party to take a run at this easily winnable governorship. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 8, 2004 9:44 AM
Comments
Bret Schundler, the guy McGreevey defeated in 2001, was a conservative darling but lost to McGreevey by about 10pts. He might be able to do better in 2005 with McGreevey's record and if Bush does well in NJ in 2004. Forbes may be a better candidate though.
Posted by: AWW at July 8, 2004 10:49 AMSchundler lost because he was a successful inner city mayor who supported vouchers, whereas McGreevey was a suburban mayor who successfully ran on a "Schundler will ruin your good suburban schools you've sacrificed to live near by allowing blacks to attend them as well" platform. A platform which appeals to too much of the suburban swing vote that Republicans need to win.
Posted by: John Thacker at July 8, 2004 2:50 PM