November 2, 2008 - 9:53pm
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Stender on the trail

Linda Stender today in Somerset County

MARTINSVILLE - Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) said the fact that her 7th Congressional District opponent accepted an endorsement from President George W. Bush, $5,00 from Exxon/Mobil, and advertising capital from the Bush-backing Freedom’s Watch, make it hard to classify state Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) as a moderate.

“It all adds up to someone who will continue Bush’s policies,” said Stender at a buck-up-the-troops stop here at Somerset County Democratic Party headquarters on Sunday afternoon.

She also objected to Lance’s tagline that he’s a fiscal conservative, citing his support for Gov. Christie Todd Whitman.

Even if he suffered silently during the Bush era, Lance went along with a party that backed President George W. Bush  and his policies.

“I think people have had it,” Stender said. “They’re fed-up. As a candidate who’s been out there, I know there’s a wave coming on Tuesday. We literally have an army of volunteers – a spectacular operation.”

 Better financed than Lance in this Republican-leaning district, the Stender campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have been laying down a steady barrage of cable television advertising and eating some Lance backlash ads in return.

“We’re into survival mode at this point,” said Stender as she kept moving.

Max Pizarro is a PolitickerNJ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at max@politicsnj.com.

Related topics: NJ-7, Linda Stender, Leonard Lance