It's a clear example of pay-to-play. These guys give Bob Menendez money so he brings home projects for them.
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Bob Menendez has voted time and time again to throttle drivers with higher gas taxes.
Menendez has a fund raiser, and basically everyone donates to him. It's the way of business in Hudson County.
Kean will have a difficult time talking about policies coming out of Washington. So he'll talk about New Jersey taxes. And Menendez has made it about President Bush.
We're doing exceptionally well. I think Menendez will need every penny in his war chest to defend his record of corruption.
Sen. Menendez has a 6-point lead in his race for re-election mainly because New Jersey is a Democratic state more fed up with the Bush administration and the war in Iraq than it is with high taxes and the budget crisis at home.
You've got to keep the kids focused. I've been quick to remind them of the feeling after the first four games. And this is a game between two district games (Atlantic last Friday, Menendez next week). And it's homecoming. And North Marion's always been a tough game for us. We've had some real battles with them and they've put some pretty good whippings on us.
Sen. Menendez holds a narrow lead in this race only because there are more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.
This is another clear example of what's become a pattern, that Bob Menendez does not do what's good for New Jersey, he does what's good for his campaign coffers.
Bob Menendez voted countless times against a national energy policy, I am not denying that Kean picked up contributions from oil companies.
This is a convicted felon. This goes to a larger issue Bob Menendez has based his entire political fund-raising machine on his ability to work with developers like Charlie Kushner. It's the company you keep.
Menendez is the undisputed party boss in Hudson County, and we're going to be talking a lot about ethics reform.
I was communications director for 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry in Florida, and we couldn't get Bob Menendez there enough to campaign for us.
You hate to be negative. And you don't like to make excuses. But we have to play a lot more than we have the last couple of weeks. Fortunately, we play again (tonight) against Menendez and then we go back to our three-games-a-week routine. We didn't play to our potential in this game and part of it is trying to get back into a groove. But I think we'll be all right. We're glad to be playing a little more.
On this auspicious moment in history, I am so pleased with the opportunity to serve with Bob Menendez. We have worked on a lot of issues together over the years from transportation to homeland security, and we will continue to work well together.