Whitman preparing to launch congressional bid

Freeholder race...I think this sums it up

"30 year old Kate has a good shot with the name, looks and contacts she has"

 Holding down jobs that her mother got her isnt exactly resume boosting and I wouldn't consider Lance a topshelf candidate..he couldn't even hold onto his leadership position in the Senate.

 Yo make a great reference to the Connelly victory and true, anyone can win a campaign. I think Kate is biting off way to much and if she truly has political aspirations....she'll need to playball in the minors before getting to the show.

We need another Whitman, like we need a third nostril or a second anal orafice. Why can't New Jersey be rid of the Whimans?

I think that Tom Kean, Jr. and Kate Whitman should make a baby together and create the MasterRINO Race. I doubt the baby would never make it out of the womb in one piece.

"Sometimes it looks as if the Democrats are out to win at all costs, while the Republicans are out to compromise at all costs." Thomas Sowell, September 8, 2007 - Random Thoughts.

Just what we need ... a 30 year-old legacy with absolutely NO credentials to assume a position of tremendous power in a time when our country is facing its greatest challenges economically (dollar collapse/trade deficit), militarily (the war on terror) and morally (you fill in the blank). 

This daughter of privilege thinks she's qualified to lead our nation given the state of national and world affairs?  A name, looks and fundraising contacts may look enticing in terms of running a campaign, but they don't qualify someone to manage the lives and fortunes of my family, friends and fellow Americans.

Just one question to Kate's supporters -- if her maiden name was Jablonski or Williams or Damiano, would you feel the same way?  Enough said.  Like my ancestors who founded this great nation, I detest royalty in all its insidious forms. 

You go girl!!! Preferably as far away as possible.

Is that you Hazel Gluck .Let me guess you are going to run her campaign.

She does make an interesting primary candidate, b/c she'll be able to raise $$ w/ Mommy's rolodex.  She needs to be the only candidate from Somerset though.  Is that gonna happen?

But.....she would get smoked by Stender in the general election.

Of course a name isn't everything, which is why I noted that Whitman also has a good look and good contacts.

She was also the communications director for the NH GOP, and I think their Executive Director.  Now she is ED for a political PAC, albeit one her mother created.

But what was Ferguson before he ran?  He had worked for the Catholic Campaign for America which had his father on the board, and was a part-time substitute teacher at a county college.  Then he lost the race in NJ6 and moved to NJ7 to run.  He was 29 at the time.

Yet he used his looks, family connections and personal connections to take down Tom Kean Jr. and spend four terms in the house.

Most of you know I'm a "lib" so it's all the same to me.  I'd rather the GOP ran a nutcase radical rightist like Dino wants, because that would make it all the easier to win the seat for the Dems.

But don't underestimate Whitman.   The Freeholder thing was an introduction, and Somerset and Hunterdon counties LOVE their pro-choice Republican women.

... consider a Kate candidacy a gift from ... well ... in these multi-cultural times, I'll let you name your own deity de jour. 

To easliy win the seat, simply run an 50-something socially moderate decorated veteran who holds a reputable private sector position or runs his/her own business.  The problem Whitman faces in the general election is that she will likely be as far to the left or even more so than this type of candidate on social issues, so she gains no traction here.  With no military service or business background, she has little to fall back on in terms of life experience to contrast with such an opponent.  

If the Dems are really, really lucky, during a critical televised debate Kate will give us one of those 21-year-old-in-the-face-of-authority-beer-can moments she's famous for.  Just imagine as she challenges the veteran's grasp of military affairs, asserts she learned everything she needs to know about the art of war from watching Platoon in a college film class, states that as a matter of principle in the event we capture Bin Laden we should refrain from applying the death penalty and stares confidently into the camera as her potential consitutents reach for the clicker ... all as Michael Aaron loses control of his bladder while laughing uncontrollably, thus ending a distinguished career in public broadcasting. 

The GOP needs top hold that seat.  Period.  Kate won't cut it in a general election given her inexperience and her personal history. 

Give Lance a chance and he'll bring you to the big dance!!!   

When Christine married she took her husband's name Whitman and continued to use Todd in her full name, "Christine Todd Whitman."

I note that Kate, who is married, uses just her maiden name, "Kate Whitman."  Is it all in the name that makes for a successful candidacy?  Oh, of course, MONEY counts.

Democrat or Republican, left or right, endowed with a political heritage or not, 30 years old is too young for a Congressman/woman. Even Joe Biden, who I esteem highly, wasn't influential that early.