Challenger for LoBiondo hard to come by

Is terrible, Van Drew only slightly better, I hope that he doesnt run and that this dark horse runs and wins.

Out of all districts currently held by Republican congressmen in N.J., NJ-02 has the most Democratic voters; and this district went 50-50 for Kerry-Bush in 2004. LoBiondo, while not the absolute worst congressman imaginable, has never even questioned Bush's failed policies in Iraq, is a social conservative on reproductive choice and stem cell research, and holds a hard-line stance similar to Tom Tancredo when it comes to illegal immigration. This is not someone who should be representing this state and district, which makes the Democrats inability to find a prominent challenger that much more a missed opportunity.

Why not have Alisa Cooper or Salem County freeholder Bruce Bobbitt run against LoBiondo and give him a decent run for his money? Though the timing may be early for Van Drew to run, the opportunity for having Obama at the top of the ticket and bringing in masses of Demoratic and independent voters should give him cause to consider running in 2008 rather than 2010 or 2012. Of course, if LoBiondo had followed through in his term-limit pledge instead of reneging, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

Districts 1-6 haven't a single Republican state senator and only have two Republican Assemblyman with targets on their back. As South Jersey becomes more and more Democratic, every remaining Republican should be strongly challenged, particularly LoBiondo. Conventional wisdom is that the national party will pay attention to Districts 3 and 7 for this election and that resources and money for district 2 should be reserved for another year, but I see wisdom in going after LoBiondo with a strong challenge now.

RLyte: Van Drew is our equivalent, in some respects, to Baroni; respected by both sides of the aisle, able to carry an opposite side district, considered a shooting star in the Party's future. He also carried his legislative district for Milam and Albano and is thus incredibly valuable. He wants to run for Congress, according to several reports, but is wary of running too soon after being elected to state senate. The question is where is he more valuable: the state senate and legislative district, or as a N.J. congressman in Washington. For ideology, I prefer Whelan over Van Drew, but Van Drew is being primed for this seat.

Same people spewing the same BS once again.  With the union support, Frank will be fine.  And failed policies?  John Murtha doesn't think so. 

Because he lacks courage to be a man of principle. Sure he can rattle off the platitudes "I work for working people" but his timidness when it matters is terrible. He talks a great talk and I did vote for him over Asselta, I simply find that his bark is far bigger than his bite. He has alwys played it safe. He could have ran against Lobiondo in 06 and 08 and made a good campaign. His poll driven politics are obvious. He panders to republicans (which I get because of his district-but I dont have to happy about). His ambition makes him timid, he walks the line all the time (as when he said I would have liked to endorse Biden or Richardson-months after they both dropped out).  Basically I dont like so many people talk about him as if he were something other than run of the mill.  Lastly, he introduces more legislation than anyone-simply to grab headlines. Most of his bills die a quick death because he doesnt even fight for them.