Kean has the votes
By Wally Edge | June 19th, 2007 - 9:13amThomas Kean, Jr. has enough votes to oust Leonard Lance as Senate Minority Leader after the November election, according to GOP sources with knowledge of Senate internal politics. Kean has privately announced his candidacy for the leadership post to several of his colleagues, and if the composition of the next Senate remains as expected, the '06 U.S. Senate candidate has the votes to win the contest.
Lance became Minority Leader after the GOP lost control of the Senate in 2003, and was re-elected two years later in a close contest with former Majority Leader Anthony Bucco. Kean, the son of former Governor Thomas Kean, who served as Assembly Speaker and Minority Leader in the 1970's, is the Senate Minority Whip.
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deck chairs
I don't blame Leonard Lance for wanting out of the most thankless and pointless job in the State House. But the caucus must be kidding if they think they can improve their lot by trading Caspar Milquetoast for Elmer Fudd. This just guarantees the Senate Dems another easy four years in the run-up to the next redistricting.
When you play politics...
When you sell out your principles as Leonard Lance did by endorsing the "Silver Spoon" for U. S. Senate, it always comes back to bite you in the ...
Could anyone expect more from a party that would reelect Wilson?
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." Thomas Paine
leadership
I find it somewhat surprising that the GOP Senators consider Kean a leader, given his lackluster '06 campaign.
Go Gina!
Who's to say that Kean will even be in office after November? GO GINA!!!!
From bad to worse
Republican elected officials continue to move in the wrong direction; Kean would take the party from bad to worse, if that is possible.
Let's look at the facts about 2006
The facts about 2006
Tom Kean got the most raw top-of-the ticket statewide Republican votes since Bob Franks ran in a Presidential year in 2000 despite the 2006 political environment. And he ran the most competitive race against a Democratically held seat in the country in a state where the President (the driving issue in the campaign) consistently had the lowest approval rating of any state in the country.
Democratic Party Held Seats
NJ Menendez 53.4% Kean 44.3% Menendez +9.1%
MD Cardin 54.2% Steele 44.2% Cardin +10.0%
MN Stabenow 56.9% Bouchard 41.3% Stabenow +15.6%
WA Cantwell 56.6% McGavick 39.9% Cantwell +16.7%
FL Nelson 60.3% Harris 38.1% Nelson +22.2%
NE Nelson 63.9% Ricketts 36.1% Nelson +27.8%
Kean is an Improvement
I think everyone should give Kean some credit... most were surprised that the "Silver Spoon" came out swinging as hard as he did against "Boss" Bob Menendez last year.
Vic is right - whatever you may think - he performed better than most Republicans in 2006 - the worst election year for the GOP since Watergate.
And he's still 30 something, which means he's looking forward not back...
Wherever you sit on the political spectrum, with a new crop of GOPers coming in to the State Senate, better to have someone who knows how to build an organization, who has a vested interest in success, and who's willing to throw some grenades.. or you can keep Sir Lancelot the Gentile.
Thanks Vic!
I hadn't seen the debacle through the knothole you've provided. It gives me hope that some day Mr. Kean will have a credible shot in a State that sorely needs a major change in direction.
Who is running the GOP Senate campaigns?
The summer is almost over, Who is in charge?