Bruce Springsteen

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has cancelled a fundraiser at a Bruce Springsteen concert on Sunday evening after the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority decided not to seek his campaign premium seats at face value, according to a report from The Record’s Charles Stile.  Lautenberg had asked for a block of 40 tickets the sports authority reserves from VIP’s and political insiders, which he planned to but for $108 each and resell them to donors for $1,500 per ticket. 

Frank Lautenberg is selling tickets to Bruce Springsteen’s Sunday concert at $1,500 per seat. While the senior United States Senator from New Jersey has secured premium seats, and including dinner at a trendy Secaucus eatery, there are still some better deals for people who want to see the Boss at Giants Stadium. The website StubHub.com, a reseller of event tickets, has several premium seats still available, including floor tickets for under $300 each.

Frank Lautenberg wants to buy 40 premium seats for Bruce Springsteen's concert for $108/EA and sell them to donors for $1,500/EA: Getty ImagesCalling a published report that Democrat Frank Lautenberg used political connections to buy 40 premium tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert for $108 and resell them to campaign donors for $1,500 “an outrage”, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer wants the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to give him forty equivalent seats to distribute to “real Springsteen fans at face value, rather than fat cat political contributors.”

Bruce Springsteen: 'Obama is the best candidate to lead'In a letter on his Web site today, rock star Bruce Springsteen endorsed Barack Obama for president.

Springsteen, who grew up in Freehold and lives in Rumson, said that Obama “speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years.”

“After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken,” wrote Springsteen. “I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.”

In addition to his responsibilities as New Jersey’s corruption buster, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie has another job: he is the self-proclaimed boss of Bruce Springsteen’s fan club.

In addition to his responsibilities as New Jersey’s corruption buster, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie has another job:  he is the self-proclaimed boss of Bruce Springsteen’s fan club. 

So how does the federal prosecutor and GOP gubernatorial candidate, who attended Springsteen’s concert at the Meadlowlands this week, feel about new album, “Magic,” which clearly buts the Boss at odds with another Christie hero, George W. Bush, the Republican President who named him U.S. Attorney five years ago?   Several  Democrats, none of whom want to be named, said they saw him at the concert and he seemed to be enjoying himself.

LESNIAK: FEED THE POOR WITH A 'BORN-TO-RUN' LICENSE PLATE

TRENTON - Senator Raymond J. Lesniak today said New Jersey residents could turn their love for native son Bruce Springsteen into a means of helping to feed the poor by purchasing a 'Born-To-Run' special license plate.

"Springsteen's message of hope should be a springboard for all of us to do something positive for the less fortunate," said Senator Lesniak, a co-founder of Democrats for The Soul Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting volunteerism.

LESNIAK: SPRINGSTEEN RESOLUTION WILL PASS IN NJ SENATE

TRENTON - State Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak says he wants to do in the New Jersey Senate what the United States Senate refused to do - honor native son rock legend Bruce Springsteen on the 30-year anniversary of his album, "Born to Run."

"For the last 30 years, Bruce Springsteen has been a world ambassador for his New Jersey roots," said Senator Lesniak, D-Union, of the Long Branch-born and Freehold-raised singer of international renown. "It's altogether fitting that we pay tribute to 'The Boss.'"

Besides Bruce Springsteen, some fun and intriguing caretaker U.S. Senate appointments that will never happen:

* Alan Alda, has played three United States Senators in the movies and on television. While starring in M*A*S*H, Alda commuted to Hollywood from his home in Englewood so his daughters could grow up in New Jersey. The 69-year-old Democrat reportedly mulled a Senate bid in 1996 when Bill Bradley retired.

* Peter Benchley, best known for writing Jaws, started out as a White House speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 65-year-old Harvard graduate lives in Princeton, where his wife, Wendy Benchley, is a Councilwoman. They hosted a fundraiser for presidential candidate Howard Dean at their home in 2004.

* Harlan Coben, 42, is a best-selling mystery writer from Ridgewood who serves as an informal advisor to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. The Amherst College graduate recently wrote an New York Times Op-Ed piece slamming Senate Republicans for refusing to pass a resolution honoring Springsteen.

* Willis Reed would become the second Basketball Hall of Famer to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate. The 63-year-old Cedar Grove resident, who was Bill Bradley's teammate, later served as the Head Coach and General Manager of the New Jersey Nets. He would become New Jersey's first African American U.S. Senator.