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oh, I just love it when this happens
Oct. 6th, 2002 10:19 amMr. Forrester is a bit peevish. He was running with the Bill Simon strategy (run against an ethically crippled incumbent, Mr. Torricelli, who no-one likes, and try to get enough people annoyed with that incumbent to squeeze into office even though no-one likes you either), Unfortunately, his opponent has withdrawn, and someone who isn't electorally crippled, Mr. Lautenberg, is running now.
Well, they took it to court, the Forrester campaign, and it didn't work out. The Supreme Court of New Jersey decided to let Lautenberg onto the ballot. So - what do you do when you're a Republican candidate and your opponent is likely to win if you have an actual election?
That's right, it's on its way to the Supreme Court, if Mr. Souter says it's OK.
Unfortunately for the Forrester campaign, there's a problem.
Mr. Forrester, see, was also put onto the ballot when an ethically challenged opponent dropped out. His predecessor, as it turned out, was running a patronage mill out of his office as Essex County Executive. Another Republican sued to keep Mr. Forrester from being substituted on the primary ballot because there were exactly the same number of days left before the election as Mr. Lautenberg now has.
Sorta makes you wonder how Torricelli, the old snake, chose the date of his departure.
My take on this, not being a lawyer or nothing, is that if Mr. Lautenberg's place on the ballot isn't valid, neither is Mr. Forrester's. This gentleman, who is a lawyer, thinks so.
Mr Forrester's lawyer now says he's suing on behalf of the ten people who've already returned their absentee ballots or something like that, who will be irreperably injured if yadda yadda yadda.
At this point, I'm guessing Scalia and Thomas are getting ready to toilet paper Souter's place.
The annotated Times story.
Well, they took it to court, the Forrester campaign, and it didn't work out. The Supreme Court of New Jersey decided to let Lautenberg onto the ballot. So - what do you do when you're a Republican candidate and your opponent is likely to win if you have an actual election?
That's right, it's on its way to the Supreme Court, if Mr. Souter says it's OK.
Unfortunately for the Forrester campaign, there's a problem.
Mr. Forrester, see, was also put onto the ballot when an ethically challenged opponent dropped out. His predecessor, as it turned out, was running a patronage mill out of his office as Essex County Executive. Another Republican sued to keep Mr. Forrester from being substituted on the primary ballot because there were exactly the same number of days left before the election as Mr. Lautenberg now has.
Sorta makes you wonder how Torricelli, the old snake, chose the date of his departure.
My take on this, not being a lawyer or nothing, is that if Mr. Lautenberg's place on the ballot isn't valid, neither is Mr. Forrester's. This gentleman, who is a lawyer, thinks so.
Mr Forrester's lawyer now says he's suing on behalf of the ten people who've already returned their absentee ballots or something like that, who will be irreperably injured if yadda yadda yadda.
At this point, I'm guessing Scalia and Thomas are getting ready to toilet paper Souter's place.
The annotated Times story.
