Diplomatic Rick Santorum is not, so I'm unconvinced he's the guy to lead this charge. While he may not have meant for it to sound that way, it sounds as if he's giving Daggett something of a knock.
Following up on a tweet by Gay Patriot questioning if this would happen, I took a look and found Santorum's item at NRO. I agree 100% on the notion that it's time for Daggett to do the right thing for New Jersey. He can't win, only prevent Christie from prevailing over one of the worst Governor's in NJ's history. Chris Daggett needs to do the honorable thing and withdraw for the good of his state.
Over a week ago I announced my support for the Conservative Doug Hoffman stating that I was a Republican before I was a conservative and that I had never before endorsed a third-party candidate in a general election against a Republican. I did so not only because Hoffman was more conservative, but I saw that coming down the stretch Hoffman had the best chance of winning against the Democrat.
We are faced with another three-way race for the governorship of New Jersey. The state of New Jersey is in a free fall under the inept leadership of Jon Corzine. Would I ever consider supporting the Independent candidate Chris Daggett there? Perhaps, if I thought, in these final days, the situation there were anything like it was in NY-23. But it is not. If you take a look at the Real Clear Politics poll average, Daggett is at 12 percent while Corzine and Christie are tied at 41 percent. What has been clear in all of the polls is that Corzine can’t break out of the low 40s in support.
Daggett, meanwhile, isn’t a Libertarian or a Socialist. He isn’t carrying the banner for a cause or a party that he has embraced. He is running, I suspect, because he knows that another four years of Corzine would be a continuing train wreck for New Jersey and he thinks he could do a better job than Chris Christie.
Like Scozzafava, Daggett was a liberal Republican in the Tom Kean mold (Daggett worked for Kean) in New Jersey. Unlike Scozzafava, he left the party to join another cause, his own. Like Scozzafava, Daggett is not going to win the election on Tuesday. Scozzafava withdrew because she put what is best for her district and her country above her personal aspirations. Let’s see if Daggett can exhibit the same selflessness.
"Chris Daggett needs to do the honorable thing and withdraw for the good of his state."
What percentage of New Jersey votes early or by mail-in ballot? The damage might already be done.
Posted by: crosspatch | Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Sorry, Rick, we are no longer rewarding incompetence. Been there, did it.
Posted by: gary gulrud | Sunday, November 01, 2009 at 08:49 AM