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September 1, 2008 - 7:46pm

Zimmer reflects on conventions past

U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer walked into the convention hall today and found something unusual: delegates were sitting relatively quietly.

“I’ve been to a lot of conventions, but this one is unlike any of the others. For one thing, we don’t know what’s going to happen day to day, and we’ve gotten a reality check,” said Zimmer. “There’s a world of politics, and there’s a world of real Americans who all of us are thinking of first right now.”

It was also the first time Zimmer encountered such a subdued mood the many conventions he’s attended. His first was in 1968 when Zimmer, then a law student who managed to get on the floor, watched as Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan jostled for the nomination. During that convention, some lesser-known candidates put their names in as well – including New Jersey Sen. Clifford P. Case.

“Here is something Wally Edge might know,” said Zimmer. “You know who made the nominating speech for Case? It was C. Douglas Dillon, who was in Kennedy’s cabinet.”

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August 12, 2008 - 2:00pm

It looks like national GOP has no confidence in Zimmer

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Republican Dick Zimmer within seven points of the four-term incumbent, Democrat Frank Lautenberg (48%-41%), but it seems that the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already written off the former three-term Congressman. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswire, Rebecca Fisher, a spokeswoman for the NRSC, said that Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu is their priority and “admitted the party had no other hopes of unseating an incumbent Democrat."

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June 5, 2008 - 1:11pm

GOP attacks U.S. Senate candidate for being a Washington lobbyist


Did the National Republican Senatorial Committee watch the primary election returns in New Jersey on Tuesday night? The NRSC has launched a website attacking a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Kansas for being a Washington lobbyist. 

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April 1, 2008 - 1:30pm

NRSC wanst Bush & McCain to ask Crowley to run

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is pushing hard to convince biotech millionaire John Crowley to reconsider his decision not to run for the U.S. Senate, and are moving to ask President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain to call him and encourage him to run, according to Republican sources.

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