Allen Raymond's tell-all book
By Wally EdgeConfessions of a Republican Operative: How to Rig an Election, written by Allen Raymond, to be released by Simon and Schuster on January 8, will take some shots at New Jersey political figures. Raymond started out in politics as the campaign manager for Bill Martini's successful 1994 bid to unseat Democratic Congressman Herbert Klein, and then served as Martini's Chief of Staff. (Martini is now a Federal Judge; Sharpe James' trial has been assigned to him.) Raymond was also, briefly, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, and worked for Dick Zimmer's campaign for Congress.
When then-Essex County Executive James Treffinger was indicted in 2002, there were allegations that his U.S. Senate campaign made dirty tricks calls on Super Bowl Sunday seeking support for Diane Allen, his primary rival. Raymond was the consultant referred to in the Treffinger indictment, sources told PolitickerNJ.com.
Raymond served five months in prison for his role in a 2002 dirty tricks phone call campaign in New Hampshire during a hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
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I'm sure Judge Martini is thrilled to have his name associated w/ this guy.
Addressing Some People...
This seems like a case of a dirty consultant with tricks up his sleeve. While I'm not sure if specific candidates green lighted it or told him to do so (the book will probably answer that question), I don't think you can place blame on the entire NJ GOP. If your going to sit here and tell me Democrat consultants don't do the same thing or don't have other dirty tricks your only kidding yourself, they just have not come out with a book yet.
"Hollier Than Thou" does not work in this situation..sorry.
What race did you rig?
Martini's? Since that's the only campaign he ever won.
Don't buy books by crooks
Don't buy books by crooks. There are plenty of war stories about campaigns, so nobody needs to read this collection.
If people ever wake up, there will be a revolution!