Essex County Democratic Chairman Phil Thigpen faced tremendous pressure this weekend to deny Frank Lautenberg the organization line and declare an open primary in the U.S. Senate race. It was suggested to Thigpen, presumably by party leaders sympathetic to Rob Andrews' candidacy, that he could avoid offending one faction and secure his own re-election with an open primary. But Rep. Donald Payne, a Lautenberg backer, reportedly leaned on Thigpen -- his cousin -- and in the end, Thigpen gave Lautenberg the line.
But since Thigpen has been known to change his mind at the last minute, Lautenberg's supporters -- led by Senate President Richard Codey -- have recruited a slate of Freeholder candidates just in case.
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Essex not a monolith......
Neither is the liberal blogosphere.
The Real Test
Codey and Payne will have to bring out their Line-A game for GOTV if they are going to take on Adubato...and win. He gets out the vote in Newark like no other.
Who the &^%$ cares what Thigpen is doing?
they better try and figure out who all these new Obama-ites are and how to reach them. Those folks don't give a hoot about Thigpen or Codey and nobody is talking to them!!! Ha ha These guys are doing the same old two step-talk to old guy number one about old guy number two and guess what? they'll all be out to pasture when someone figures out how to grab that Obama voter file.