Monday, July 18, 2005

The White House Becoming The New Clinton For Candidates?

Remember when Al Gore was running for President in 2000? He stayed as far away from Bill Clinton as possible, not wanting his quest for president to be tarnished by association with Bill's personal life. (Perhaps that was a big mistake made by Mr. Gore). Seems now that the same thing is happening with George Bush, especially in NJ.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester had a campaign fundraiser scheduled for this Friday which included a visit by Dick Cheney. It didn't take the Democrats long to jump on that one. The Bush Administration is quickly becoming very unpopular in NJ, and the Forrester campaign quickly pulled the announcement that Cheney would be attending the fundraiser from its website. The Forrester campaign claims that it is not ashamed of Cheney, but rather that Cheney never confirmed his appearance.
Forrester's reliance on national GOP support has come under heavy fire in NJ, especially in light of the alleged Karl Rove leakage. US Senator Frank Lautenberg had earlier started a petition drive asking Forrester to return the "blood money" raised with the help of Rove. Forrester started the tit-for-tat when he accused Senator John Corzine, Democratic gubernatorial candidate of links to corruption in the Democratic party.
Oh the games of politics!

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