BREAKING NEWS: BILL BRADLEY TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR

[Kire]

"Tell me this is an April Fool's joke," John F.X. Graham, an insurance executive and Democratic fundraiser, said when told of Bradley's plans.

It is.

More: http://www.politicsnj.com/kornacki040105_Bradley2005.htm

[LynneSin]

1. You're kidding me

First and formost - I love Jon Corzine, but now I have these 2 really great guys running for governor.

[Kire]

7. April Fool's!

I edited it. They tricked me, too.

[iconoclastNYC]

2. Oh boy.

This should be interesting. I hope he runs to to the populist left of corzine.

[WI_DEM]

3. Oh boy, this will be a big battle

frankly I would rather Corzine stayed in the Senate. I think Corzine will win though.

[SaveElmer]

4. Ugh...I wish he wouldn't do that

I suppose it's too much to hope this is an April Fools joke. Corzine is a good guy, why would Bradley challenge him ? Why not run for Senate again?

[burythehatchet]

5. Because he may want to run for president

I would certainly support him

[iamjoy]

6. After That Great Op-Ed In the NY Times

I have to wonder if running for office is Bradley's best move.

Essentially, Bradley said we Democrats do things upside down by looking to our Presidential candidate/nominee to define the party.

[BlueEyedSon]

8. Excellent Bradley OpEd in NYT this week

FIVE months after the presidential election Democrats are still pointing fingers at one another and trying to figure out why Republicans won. Was the problem the party's position on social issues or taxes or defense or what? Were there tactical errors made in the conduct of the campaign? Were the right advisers heard? Was the candidate flawed?

Before deciding what Democrats should do now, it's important to see what Republicans have done right over many years. When the Goldwater Republicans lost in 1964, they didn't try to become Democrats. They tried to figure out how to make their own ideas more appealing to the voters. As part of this effort, they turned to Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and soon to become a member of the United States Supreme Court. In 1971 he wrote a landmark memo for the United States Chamber of Commerce in which he advocated a sweeping, coordinated and long-term effort to spread conservative ideas on college campuses, in academic journals and in the news media.

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/opinion/30bradley.html?

[FogerRox]

9. I talked to Former Gov Byrne on Sunday

I drive for a car service in Essex County--I've driven Gov. Byrne a couple of times--I drove him and his wife on Sunday,

We talked about 2 things--Essex County to but more DRE's and the bradley thing.

The Gov. says Bradley wont be getting any support from the County chairs.

Which. if it goes down that way means Bradleys efforts will be for nill. Maybe hes see's it differently.

[Kire]

10. I guess Gov. Byrne's been punked, too.

[FogerRox]

11. ehh maybe not - he ackowledged it was April 1st---LOL >wink

[Kire]

12. yeah, sure

way to cover it up

[FogerRox]

13. Swear to god DUDE--LOL