Another busy weekend for Kerry helping Democrats in the 05 election

Saturday: NH and VT
http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4072545&nav=F2DO



Monday: NJ

http://www.nj.com/news/bridgeton/local/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1131100928254310.xml&coll=10

so there should be some picture perfect rally moments. (Didn't Sen. Kerry say at one point he was a 'foliage nut'? Well, the color is spectacular right now, so that's good.)

Maybe a little birdie (and not necessarily me) from this group will go on up to the Queen City of Manchester and have a look see. (Manchester is a great town. I like that city.)

Godd the Kerry for supporitng our good Dems up and down the coast. I hope they get resounding victories next week. (Fingers crossed.)

I've got a weekend-long workshop to attend. So I probably won't be around much online either.

Starting last night, Forrester is using comments from newspapers from Corzine's ex-wife, that "just like he let our family down, he'll let NJ down." in a dramatization in a campaign ad - likely to play through Tuesday. She has told the Newark Star Ledger and the NYT that the compromises and deals he made with the party boss's compromised the values he (and she had held).

The problem is that this dovetails with the whole concern of corruption and buying the election. Among Democrats, I've heard many say Corzine's money gave him all the bosses' backing and froze the acting Governor, Cody out even before the primary.

The other problem is that it's the governship. Many people thought Torrechelli, who had far more real ethical problems, because most people wanted a Democrat in the seat to stop Bush. That's not an issue in the governorship. The other thing is that there is currently a healthy majority of Democrats in the legislature. My concern is that people may think he can't do much harm with the Democratic legislature as a balance. ( shades of Massachusetts ) NJ's constitution gives a lot of power to the Democrats.

It is possible that her comments will be treated as those of a bitter ex-wife. The previous conventional wisdom was that the break up, though not amicable, was at least, civil. Maybe, Kerry (as he did last time) focusing on what Corzine has actually done in public life - which is more pertinent- may be able to retain some people on the fence. As to Corzine himsef, I'm not sure what he can do.