He got The New York Times, The Record, the Asbury Park Press, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Courier-Post, the Atlantic City Press, the New York Post, and the Gloucester County Times. Of course, none of this really means anything. Anyone who s been around politics for more than a cycle or two knows that newspaper endorsements are like lawn signs. They don t vote. What matters in the final week of any close election is what happens on the ground.
Franks has some daunting goals.
He has to win in places like Bergen, Burlington, and Monmouth where Dick Zimmer lost in 1996. And he has to hold down Corzine s margins in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, and Union. Both sides are making preparations. Watch for the pre-election rallies to see how much they get the juices flowing. The co-sponsors are the curiours quartet of Sharpe James, Don Payne, Bob Menendez, and Joe DiVincenzo.