Lautenberg accepts 101.5 debate with Andrews and Cresitello

At least this debate is on a media people actually listen to and at a time they might be listening. Now if he will actually take questions from listeners it might give us the voters a chance to hear if FL has anything substantive to say.

Listen SJBLUE let me spell it out for you. The only reason you are going to H E A R a debate on 101.5 is because of Rob Andrews. Thanks to Rob we are going to actually
T A L K about some of the problems the voters are concerned with. Do not, Do not come on this site to spout irrelevant nonsense that has no business in this election. We have to much at stake!

ROB ANDREWS FOR U.S. SENATE!

...concerning the unethical genesis of/rationale for his candidacy?

Congressman Andrews...

1) Do you disagree, in any way, with what all your colleagues in the New Jersey congressional delegation have told us about the dinner meeting you took part in, at which you all agreed and gave your word to refrain from a primary challenge?

2) After the meeting did you feel obligated to honor your word as given?

3) At what point in time (assuming that your answer to the last question was "yes".) did you start to have questions about honoring your word?

4) What were those questions and what brought them on?

5) At, precisely, what point in time did you decide to run against Lautenberg?

6) Was this a decision you came to on your own?

7) Or were the views of other people solicited?

8) Did other people contact you to "recruit you" to run?

9) If your decision was made in conjunction with other people, what were the understandings/conditions that were reached between you and them?

10) Specifically, what was the content of your discussions with Norcross and Adubato?

11) Why did they support your run?

12) Were any specific quid pro quo's discussed?

13) Or was it just implicitly understood that it would be good for them in the future if you were to become a Senator?

14) It was widely reported that Joe Ferriero was supporting your candidacy, but then backed off when it seemed it might cost him more in the short run than he might gain by staying loyal to you; are these reports true?

15) Was Ferriero backing you?

16) If yes, then why?

17) What was in it for Joe?

18) Was it a matter of high principle that Ferriero was supporting you?

19) Or a matter of political opportunism?

20) If the former; how do you feel about Ferriero now that he's officially abandoned you?

21) Your campaign is thoroughly laced with implications that Frank Lautenberg is somehow too old to competently do his job; did you have any factual proof/knowledge of this before you announced?

22) If yes, when did you get it and why didn't you share it immediately with the public?

23) How do you justify making your announcement and filing at the last minute thereby precluding any response from your potential rivals who would have also run if they had known the agreement was "busted"?

24) You've claimed that the reason you violated your word and broke the agreement was because Lautenberg, somehow, was't holding up his end....you made vague statements about how he wasn't being sufficiently vigorous in his campaigning; but, prior to your primary challenge on April 2nd there was no active campaign (the Republicans were/are in virtually total disarray)....so how do you justify your failure to inform Lautenberg and the rest of your colleagues of your alleged concerns prior to dropping the bomb of your announcement?

Until you answer these questions in great and specific detail; your campaign has zero credibility.

PS In the event that Congressman Andrews fails to answer all these questions it is my hope that the NJ press corps actually does its job and presses for detailed responses.

http://www.politickernj.com/max/19464/andrews-complains-about-lack-debat...

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.