more background on the NJ Senate Race
Thanks WSC for the plug.
Everyone please do your utmost to pledge and donate $100 on Friday at
http://www.murraysabrin.com. I'm going to give a bit more background on what's happenning here in NJ Republican circles, and why this is money VERY well spent.
The articulate woman you've all come to know and love, Mrs. Estabrook, has been working the circuit for nearly a year now, writing checks to local Republican county organizations and candidates, essentially trying to buy the nomination. That will always work to an extent. But she hadn't sealed the deal because she has ZERO political experience and the establishment players were still a bit hesitant about endorsing her all the way.
Don't forget - a US Senate candidate is right after the President on the ballot STATEWIDE, and is essentially the "top of the ticket" for every single voter in New Jersey. So it's important that the GOP pick someone strong who can carry the party's message and help candidates at the county and local levels. Estabrook hadn't yet convinced people, because those insiders who met with her privately didn't exactly come away with a "wow factor", to be generous.
Pennacchio, the other candidate in the race, was just elected to the State Senate in November 2007! He was sworn in during the 2nd week of January, and then a week later announced his candidacy for the US Senate. Though he's been a solid conservative Republican, the GOP establishment wasn't convinced that he either had what it took.
More importantly, turning his attention away from his State Senate role, when Governor Corzine's toll plan is destroying what's left of NJ's economic future and the Republican minority caucus needs all the help it can get to mobilize taxpayers against what the Democrats are doing in Trenton, has disappointed some of his fellow Republican elected officials. Their feeling is,
"why is Joe looking for a promotion to DC when we need his leadership to fight the liberals right here at the state level? He's just been elected to help us, and he's turning his back!"
So the race was not clinched, but leaning towards Estabrook by inertia.
Then the
devastating video was released this week, and the thinking about this race has been totally re-aligned.
If insiders were lukewarm on Estabrook before, now they are PETRIFIED of her leading the ticket. They do not want to be a national laughing stock. As it is, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is already latching on to this video and cutting her to pieces.
So they look at Murray. They see an extremely articulate individual, but one who has butted heads with the party in the past when they strayed from limited government principles. They don't agree with all of his positions. But
they have never seen him this passionate, this hungry for a win, this dedicated to victory. The guy is on FIRE.
At the Republican club where the infamous footage was recorded, the group also heard from 4 congressional candidates competing in the District 7 primary for an open primary for a Republican-leaning seat. 3 out of the 4 referenced Murray's points in their own remarks to the audience. That tells me that not only did they listen, not only did they agree, but they respected Murray's leadership so much that they wanted to be publicly associated with him.
They saw the event unfold live. And they were all probably thinking,
"If I'm running alongside this woman, I'll have no chance. She'll make the Republican Party a laughing stock. I want to run alongside Murray!"
The only remaining piece of the puzzle is the money. The insiders are asking themselves,
"Will Murray have the resources to compete? Sure he's a great speaker with a great profile and terrific experience, but will he have money to let the voters know all of those things and convince them to vote for him and his Republican running mates?"
That's why we are asking for everyone in the Freedom Movement to come to bat for Murray this Friday. If we raise the money, we will immediately execute our plan and win over these insiders en route to winning the nomination. We are prepared for succcess. We know EXACTLY what we need to do to win this race, and just need the resources to execute.
This is a win that we can all savor. Please help Murray get there. Pledge at
http://www.murraysabrin.com. Thanks again for all of your help and support.
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George Ajjan
Communications Director, Sabrin for Senate