Ravenwood - 10/02/02 10:00 AM
Fox News reports that Tom Daschle thinks that Republicans are "denying the people of New Jersey a choice" in the election by fighting the candidate switch in the Senate race.
Sorry Tom, but it is the Democrats who are denying the people of New Jersey a choice. Torricelli ran un-opposed in the primary, and the Democrats chose him as their candidate. Now they are having 'buyers remorse' and want to switch candidates at the last minute, in violation of election law. I don't see where Republicans really even fit into the picture, other than on the side of equal protection under the law.
It has become clear that Tom Daschle is the biggest political obstructionist and scheister this country has seen in modern times.
The people of New Jersey still have a choice. If they want, they can vote for Torricelli. If he wins yet keeps his word, another Democrat will be appointed in his stead. The people of New Jersey can also endorse third-party candidates, or anyone mounting a write-in campaign.
Daschle's problem isn't that New Jersey voters won't have a "choice," it's that the Democrats can't be competitive when they put a corrupt slimeball on the ticket, and people don't have a right to competitive elections. I'm in a House district, open seat, where the GOP candidate is 15 points behind - do I have a right to a more competitive candidate? Of course not.
Daschle is whining. It's pathetic.
Posted by: Owen Courrèges at October 2, 2002 1:48 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
