ARE THE REPUBLICANS GIVING UP ON NEW JERSEY? ANOTHER BUSH CONGRESSIONAL RUBBER STAMP FORCED TO RETIRE

It wasn't until after American progressives kicked reactionary butt in the 1770s that most of the treacherous right-wingers (i.e.- Tories or "loyalists") abandoned America and fled to England, Canada and other royalist domains. America was lucky to be able to grow into nationhood without them and their spawn. It looks like New Jersey reactionaries are giving up after just a simple skirmish. No sooner had a handful of local Republican legislators been defeated before what's left of Republicans on the New Jersey congressional delegation start talking about retiring.

Last week Republican rubber stamp Jim Saxton was the first to acknowledge he had seen the writing on the wall as he announced his intentions of abandoning his south Jersey seat-- probably to moderate Democrat State Senator John Adler. And today another Jersey rubber stamp, Mike Ferguson, who is only 37 years old and rumored to have been a frequent client of the DC Madam, announced he's had it too. Linda Stender nearly beat him in this district, purposely gerrymandered as a Republican seat but still trending against the party of hatred, greed, selfishness and bigotry. Juan Melli has the whole story at Blue Jersey today.

Tom Kean's ne'er-do-well son, Tom, Jr., who has been defeated in other attempts to win public office (including a primary run against Ferguson in NJ-07 in 2000), is expected to run for this seat, although a whole pack of Republican legislators and ex-legislators is sniffing around, including Kean ally Jon Bramnick, GOP Assembly whip. Tom Jr. never won a race that wasn't handed to him on a silver platter-- even having been appointed to his state senate seat. Congratulations to everyone at DumpMike.com; job well done for keeping this fake moderate on the run.


UPDATE: JUNIOR'S NOT RUNNING

Kean, Jr. says he isn't running for Ferguson's seat. Bramnick is the likely candidate, probably easier for Stender to beat.


RETIREMENT FEVER SPREADING RAPIDLY-- CALIFORNIA SOON?

Will crooked California Republican John Doolittle be the next to announce?


UPDATE: BRAMNICK BOWS OUT TOO

Do the Republicans just plan to give Stender the seat? After his liege pulled out yesterday, Assemblyman Jon Bramnick followed suit today. There is a guy down the street who voted for Bush and says he wants to bomb Iran and he hates children and he wants to run. Or maybe they can dig up some relic from the past like Lenny Lance or Bob Franks.