New Jersey Republican State Committee

The Republican State Committee website still lists Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson as presidential candidates, but includes sharp criticism of Governor Jon Corzine’s budget address. The website for the Democratic State Committee doesn’t list the names of the vanquished presidential candidates, but also has no spin advocating Corzine’s budget message.

''The voters here should also be afforded a real choice regarding who should govern them,. Allowing (Tom) DeLay to be replaced on the November ballot will further this fundamental principle of democracy." -- Attorneys for the Texas Republican Party, in a brief to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (New York Times, 07/27/06)

"I disagree with your assumption. The voters have a choice. Mr. Torricelli is on the ballot." -- U.S. District Court Judge Peter Sheridan, when he was the attorney for the New Jersey Republican Party during the 2002 U.S. Senate race.

The powerful Burlington County Republican Committee -- the New Jersey GOP's premier county organization -- easily beat back every challenge to organization-backed local candidates in Tuesday's primary, prevailing in Springfield, Mansfield, Woodland, and Southampton.

Former New Jersey GOP operative Fred Hall has resigned his position as Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher's Communications Director. Hall, who managed Buster Soaries' 2002 congressional race and ran the petition drive for Robert Ray's U.S. Senate bid, has been under fire recently for using profanity in a meeting with a reporter and had to apologize to the State Chairman Chairman for comments. Fletcher, who is up for re-election next year, is under indictment on corruption charges.

A headline on the New Jersey Republican State Committee website: Forrester Wins! In fairness, the Democratic State Committee website is not exactly up to date either.