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UPSET ALERT In NJ: Roy Cho(D) w/in striking distance Scott Garrett (TEA) - NJ 5th
http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=25861
Scott Garrett: He's been the worst in the New Jersey House delegation for years, a small-government 'conservative' ideologue who doesn't even serve as a sensible counter-balance to the most angry, stingy and poorly informed vectors in the Republican Party; rather he has become their darling. A Tea Party crazy with a vote in the House of Representatives.
That district - the 5th - has waited for years for the right candidate. It may have found him. Roy Cho, young, organized, articulate and well-funded, is just 5 points behind Garrett, according to the Monmouth University Poll. Among likely voters, Garrett is at 48%, with Cho coming up with momentum at 43%, with 6% still undecided, and just 3% for 3rd party candidate Mark D. Quick. Pollster Patrick Murray says "[t]his race was not even a blip on most political prognosticators' radar screens. And it should be now."
What's interesting is that Team Cho did this on their own, with a strong campaign structure and considerable grassroots support - but very little notice from the almighty DCCC. In New Jersey, only NJ3's Aimee Belgard made their resource-bonanza Red-to-Blue program, and only NJ2's Bill Hughes is on the Emerging Races List.
That district - the 5th - has waited for years for the right candidate. It may have found him. Roy Cho, young, organized, articulate and well-funded, is just 5 points behind Garrett, according to the Monmouth University Poll. Among likely voters, Garrett is at 48%, with Cho coming up with momentum at 43%, with 6% still undecided, and just 3% for 3rd party candidate Mark D. Quick. Pollster Patrick Murray says "[t]his race was not even a blip on most political prognosticators' radar screens. And it should be now."
What's interesting is that Team Cho did this on their own, with a strong campaign structure and considerable grassroots support - but very little notice from the almighty DCCC. In New Jersey, only NJ3's Aimee Belgard made their resource-bonanza Red-to-Blue program, and only NJ2's Bill Hughes is on the Emerging Races List.
I feel all of these smutty tingles this morning at the very idea that Cho could whoop this jerk's ass next month.
