Will the 12 Days of Torricelli be eclipsed by the 12 Hours of Andrews?
By Wally EdgeRob Andrews is having a tough second day as a candidate for the United States Senate. A promised endorsement from Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero has fallen through – he can thank Steve Rothman for that – and all six of his Democratic House colleagues endorsed Frank Lautenberg, saying that they would run with him even in places where Andrews might have the organization line. A pending endorsement from State Sen. Brian Stack, the Mayor of Union City, is not looking good, and State Sen. Raymond Lesniak – viewed as a possible Andrews backer – is keeping his endorsement to himself, at least so far today. Andrews’ most public backer was Frank Spencer, the powerful head of the Carpenters union.
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too late already
The time to consider a Senate bid is not the day after everyone in the Party lines up and endorses Frank Lautenberg on stage.
He should have been doing the behind-the-scenes work months ago.
He blew it, it would seem.
6 years too late
He's probably still kicking himself for not pulling the trigger when Torch pulled out.
This Makes No Sense In Any Terms Other Than...
...as a naked self serving uber-ambitious power grab.
If Rob Andrews had had the guts to have held an open press conference at which he gave a speech that included a strong/reasonable rationale for a primary challenge...and was surrounded by all these "supporters" as he gave it AND was willing to answer any and all challenging questions from the press.......if all that was true; then maybe this wouldn't be coming across as if this was hubristic amateur hour.
Now, I don't have any "inside knowledge". Maybe Andrews was told something about Frank's health that's been under wraps? But, at this point, given the way this "candidacy" has crawled out of the woodwork in dribbling and drabby ways....my sense is that Andrews has only "succeeded" in doing damage to his own reputation.
Something about the way this is being done stinks.
Andrews has a rapidly closing window to either personally and powerfully come forth with a reasonable and righteous rationale for challenging Lautenberg; or to cut his losses by backing off and graciously thanking all those who "encouraged and supported" him.
(cross posted from Bluejersey.com)
PS I dare say this may well go down in NJ political history as the "Rob Andrews April Fools Day Candidacy".
From Frederick Douglass
it makes sense
if you have a morbis view of the universe and think possibly something could happen to Lautenberg during the process and Andrews emerges as the heir apparent . He's knocked everyone else off the front pages
Too Old
84-year-old senators like Lautenberg often equate their office holding with the working person's ability to continue to hold a job, thus the ever increasing retirement ages.
84 -- It's time to step aside, Frank.