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Of course, if my pops had been busted by Christie, I'd be trying to set up a Lonegan-Corzine general election and operating under an Anti-Christie agenda too.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/nj/press/press/files/pdffiles/stad0603%20rel.pdf

Just a quick question, Republicans can vote on June 2nd, right? Cause these people keep making it sound like we have no vote and only county lines seem to matter..

...they attack you personally.

Has anyone noticed that the Christie poster comments are exclusively negative personal attacks.

They cannot attack anything anyone who dares not drool all over Chris says and what frustrates them even more, they know that every word in Lonegan's literature about Chris Christie is true...

The biggest reason for the sudden personal attacks on Lonegan and his supporters and even those who are neutral is an attempt to make people forget that Christie is an empty suit who says nothing, believes in nothing and stands for nothing.

Christie let his actions do his talking for him as US attorney. His record was something like 130-0 with a few knockouts. New Jersey is infested with corrupt politicians and Christie has done something about it.

On the other hand, Lonegan and Shaftan bloviate loudly and interminably during political campaigns but when it comes to governing Lonegan is scaredy cat who runs away.

The themes that runs through Lonegan's career are a loud mouth and hypocrisy. Rail against Spanish billboards and then hire illegal aliens to put together conservative political road signs. Rail against state spending and against lack of transparency in state spending and then apply for state matching funds without mentioning that you have been involved in some way in managment of an issue advocacy group but have no intention of sharing the donor list and expenditures of that organization with the Republican primary voting public.

When Christie gets in office, I hope he takes a look at this.

has pointed out that the "rules" have changed this year for CC's convenience. Besides the challenging of delegate lists in Union with an outdated voters' roll, all Chair Persons are now expected to toe the County Line running up to the Primary and it has spread to other county orgs. This didn't happen last year in the US Senate and 7th CD races. Nor, did this happen 4 years ago in the last Governor's race.

The Primary is not going to be won by endorsements. It is still about foot-soldiers turning out the vote. The GOP does not have plethora of these to tick off for after June 2nd.

The GOP always blames the losing side for "going home" after the Primary and that is why the General Election is lost. They seem to be making this a self-fulfilling prophecy by some backpedaling. That even a losing CC candidacy will guarantee holding on the Assembly and Freeholder slots.

This no-win attitude is why there are non-CC GOPers. The mistake is in assuming that they are pro-Lonegan, Levine, Merkt etc. The split isn't always conservative v moderate. The lugnuts are getting screwed as much as the wingnuts.

"I have been receiving emails and phone calls from Republican committee people and municipal chairs about the pressure applied on them . . ."

Can anybody explain why anyone in their right mind would call a loser putz like (why is he "former" State Senator) Dick LaAsshole for advice? That would be like asking Rick Shaftan for advice on how to make friends and influence people.

Or asking Losergan the best place to buy a hairpiece.

Dear Clifford BOYS,boys,boys Case,
Please crawl back into your cave at the state committee and stop posting your pro gay marriage, pro illegal immigration nonsense. If you are the tyhpical CC supporter, he is anything but a conservative.

No one is calling dick up for advice or to complain to dick about anything.Dick is delusional and should ease up on his medication.Dick is a guy that went from a "band leader"to a ball picker at the lottery commision,then to Senator "Free Lunch" and ended with a no show job at the state house.

To borrow your line of reasoning, it is not a personal attack when it is comparative. Christie filed the proper paperwork for public financing and has received matching funds. Your guy filed paperwork that is best described as incorrect and at worst, a blatant attempt to defraud. So, is it really an attack to say that Steve has attempted to defraud the State of New Jersey?

By the way, why is it that you guys still haven't gotten matching funds from your last submission?

1. No one is short circuiting any nomination process. There is a primary. The non-endorsed candidates will appear in the first column or row. If the organizations stink, by the way, how come all the gubernatorial candidates want their support then?

2. The party organizations are made up of those who actually want to do something more than vote in a primary. If people want to join the party, they should run for county committee...it's pretty easy to win off line..I did it.

3. The rules change when it makes sense to change the rules. Look at the mess in Monmouth that conventions there produced. The "stunning defeat" of the legislators had ZERO to do with conventions...but conventions led to the open fratricide that cost them the Freeholder Board. Parties are private organizations free to conduct their business as they see fit and free from interference from the gov't. One size don't fit all.

4. Most primary voters don't know or care a fig about the endorsement rules and that won't do squat to create post primary unity. What matters there is simple: is the loser gracious and the winner even more gracious? Did the candidates conduct themselves and their campaigns honorably? Schundler didn't get the team behind him because he spent 6 mos crapping on the team...just because he won the primary didn't mean the wounds were healed. Lonegan's boys are setting up that same dynmaic and it's a proven loser.

5. I've not heard a single person in Monmouth call for Oxley's head over his process. Same in Camden and Essex. I guess the folks there like what they got.

6. The Republican base is already supporting Christie...look at the polls. And there is no doubt that Christie will have the support of 95% of the Republicans in the general.

7. Reading Mr. LaRossa's analysis provides keen insight into why he only ever won 1 election and lost all the rest.

I will repeat what I have said over and over: Mr. Lonegan is smart and has some great ideas, but he has lost his footing. The message is being lost because of the messenger. That is a shame, because he has something to offer that is worth hearing. It'll never be heard as GOP primary voters are too smart and tune out the negative.

"ball picker at the lottery commision . . ."

I didn't know dick was picking balls at the lottery commission. The putz wins one election and thinks he's Ronald Reagan.

My theory is that dick is angling to be LT Governor. He is criticizing Conservative Chris Christie because he figures that will make him an attractive candidate to bring wingnuts back into the fold.

My guess is CCC will ignore him, and rightly so. Then dick can go back to playing with himself, or whatever it was he was doing before the election cycle.

Calling Chris Christie a conservative is like calling any of your opinons intelligent.  

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."
                --Theodore Roosevelt--

You don't know diddley. The county committees are statutory bodies under Title 19. And, it isn't easy in every town to belong to the Committee, the allottments of regular and associate members are fixed.

The Committees are distinct from the clubs and associations.

The present situation with the conventions is not candidate driven. It is a divide between the organizational people and the rank and file. Even CC supporters are looking at these shams and seeing the non-ideological divisions as a greater threat to party unity in the Fall.

For all you mis-informed imbeciles who keep attacking the author, get your facts straight. You continue to drink the Chris Christie kool aide. It was Chris Christie who only won one election and then finished 6th in a 6 person primary as an encumbant. Now that's a record to be proud of. Of course you neanderthals still can't stand the truth otherwise you'd be responding with facts rather than attaching the messenger. If that is the kind of support CC has, no wonder he has to have all the county lines fixed for him Shame the general elections don't work the same way. You still can't stand the truth.

Clifford, Clifford, Clifford! Your mother should wash your keyboard off with soap. Such language. If you hate the guy so much why not just say so and be done with it. You have sunk lower than whale dung. Oops that wasn't nice. Perhaps the under belly of a snake in a wagon wheel track.

Maybe you should pay a visit to the new office of the state proctologist. You are just the type of speciment I hear they are looking for. Be nice and smile when you visit them. Oh, and wear loose clothes.

Clifford so glad to see that our taxpayer dollars are hard at work having you post Rick Wright's daily diatribes. If Christie is such a strong and popular candidate than why are the organizations pushing out the competition. Wouldn't they want Lonegan, Merkt and Levine to compete and lose in fair contests?

and the left cannot handle it. So they call names and such and make fun. I have stopped calling names. Once upon a long time ago we were conservative republicans. Now we are conservatives who will vote republican if and only if the candidate is conservative.

The conventions are a waste of time, the reason why they are important is because many people just show up and vote for whomever the machine endorses. So when the fix is in it does make things that much harder.

The machine is full of POLITICAL LOSERS! This is not name calling but a statistical fact. So since the left continues to ignore the question I will ask it again. Why oh why broken down machine should we believe you this time. What makes Christie different from Forrester (twice) Zimmer (twice) Franks, Kean Jr and McCain.

Some actual specifics from Christie people rather then calling the mayor and his supporters names would be nice.

And I have new question, how are the Christie people going to cut loose the bush anchor around his neck. When Corzine runs his first Christie/Bush ad, how do you plan to deal with being directly tied to the least popular president ever (another little fact nobody likes)

what makes the "Machine" any different from the last times out? NOTHING.

Conservative Chris Christie (CCC) will be the nominee and is the man who can best unite the Party and prevent a statewide GOP meltdown that will surely occur if a repulsive wingnut with a bad rug is at the top of the ticket.

Losergan has no money, is not getting money, and at this point can only make himself a minor nuisance.

It's time to get off the bus; the driver is drunk and the wheels are coming off.

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Didn't see anything in your diatribe about CCC winning in Nov. Unity over winning?