Larry Bathgate

January 30, 2008 - 5:59pm

Kyrillos recruits several troops in face of likely Jersey stampede to McCain

Sen. Joe KyrillosSen. Joe KyrillosFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani is endorsing Sen. John McCain for president, and the McCain camp in New Jersey anticipates welcoming into its collective arms that grim exodus of former Giuliani supporters.

"What will happen, presuming published reports are somewhat accurate, is that a good portion of them will be joining us," said Larry Bathgate, national finance co-chairman of the McCain campaign.

Sen. Joe Kyrillos, state chairman of the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign, hopes to stem the stampede. Today he corraled at least some former Giuliani partisans, dislodged from Giuliani's ranks after the former mayor's devastating loss in the Florida primary on Tuesday.

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January 7, 2008 - 4:17pm

McCain's NJ backers stirred by polls in New Hampshire

The polls in New Hampshire show Sen. John McCain holding a slight lead over former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, who was banged up in Iowa on his way into the granite state’s primary tomorrow.

N.J. State Director Richard Mroz said McCain’s candor and experience, particularly on foreign policy, distinguish him from Romney. Trying to turn that against him, Romney’s people have snickered about the craggy Arizona senator’s 70 plus years.

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