Republican Response

For Tom Kean to be even in the polls with appointed US Senator Menendez nine months out from Election Day proves his electability and great strength as a candidate.

The upcoming New Jersey state budget fiasco isn't so much about Governor Corzine trying to fix the state budget mess as much as it's about his trying not to blow the upcoming election for the man he appointed to the U.S. Senate seat.

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Comment by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Academic Associate Mark Campbell (Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania). Mark is a campaign consultant and an instructor at the Republican National Committee's Campaign Management College. A principal with Campbell & Campbell Campaigns, Inc., a Republican political consulting firm, Dr. Mark Campbell can be reached at 973-331-0055.