Lance's Absentee Campaign

“The latest piece of windy rhetoric from the Lance campaign is laughable.  If Senator Lance hopes to win this campaign on the force of his surrogates and some claims of some phantom phone calls, he is seriously underestimating the voters of the 7th District.”

“The bottom line is that the surrogates that Senator Lance are trotting out aren’t running for Congress, Leonard Lance is, but you wouldn’t know it by the sort of campaign he’s run lately.”

“The Republican Caucus in the Senate had the opportunity to retain Senator Lance as their leader in the Senate – and they rejected him.  I am curious why some thought Senator Lance made a weak minority leader just five short months ago but will now make a strong congressman.  If Lance couldn’t lead in Trenton, how can we expect him to lead in Washington?”

“Senator Lance has spent this whole campaign hiding behind an elaborate list of surrogates, each a long-standing member of the political establishment, and each with their own political reasons for supporting him.  After spending $100,000 on television ads and still without articulating a legislative agenda, Senator Lance has faded so far into the background of his own campaign one wonders if he even remembers that he is running for Congress.”

From day one I have made this campaign about the issues and about leadership.  I have a six point plan to change Congress.  I have the energy and passion to take on the Democrats in Washington.  I am ready to fight the career politicians and make real changes in Washington.  I’ll never hide behind anyone, and I’ll never stop fighting for the residents of the 7th District.”

 “Senator Lance has failed as a leader – not by my measure, but by that of his own Republican colleagues.  If you don’t believe me, all you have to do is ask them why they chose Senator Kean over Senator Lance when given the chance.”