NY Observer > Doug Forrester http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/25468/feed Articles from Observer.com en Jersey Turns, Dems Panic; Torricelli, Anyone? http://www.observer.com/node/39429 A powerful clue that U.S.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39429#comments Politics Doug Forrester New Jersey Robert Menendez Robert Torricelli Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Steve Kornacki 39429 at http://www.observer.com Shrum-Di-Dum-Dum: Liberal To Unveil Mysteries Of ’04 http://www.observer.com/node/37959 Robert Shrum, the political consultant whose words and ideas have helped define the Democratic Party  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37959#comments Doug Forrester John Kerry Marylouise Oates U.S. Democratic Party Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Ben Smith 37959 at http://www.observer.com Strolling in the Aftermath http://www.observer.com/node/28114
Time to hit the blogs:

Bloomberg's voters were wildly outnumbered... by registered voters who didn't cast ballots, laments Andrew Friedman at DMIBlog.

Doug Forrester, the failed Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, blames his defeat on Bush. But over at the New York Young Republican Record, Rick Brownell doesn't buy it. Forrester's finger-pointing, says the blogger, is "infantile." Or at least, um... unoriginal.

In a post titled "NYC Drifts Right...Upstate Drifts Left?" the Daily Gotham suggests that state Dems have showed up the local party. Urban Elephants grabs the first part of the deadline, trumpets with glee.

The secretive scribes of Backroom Deal Breaker look forward to the Speaker's Debate on Wednesday, demand more public participation, offer a can of whoop ass.

Eliot Spitzer surfaced on Comedy Central, where Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report asked him how much it takes to run a gubernatorial campaign these days. "Probably 30, 40 million dollars," Eliot estimated. "It is almost an obscene amount of money...The reason it's not completely obscene is I'm about to do it, so I don't want to say it's obscene," he added with a laugh.

Yes, this last item was not so bloggy, and the show aired a week ago. But it's funny enough to merit a look and a link.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/28114#comments Politics Andrew Friedman Comedy Partners LLC Doug Forrester Stephen Colbert Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:55:00 -0500 Observer Staff 28114 at http://www.observer.com Corzine By Chin: Elected Governor Despite Ex-Wife http://www.observer.com/node/37921 When New Jersey polling stations closed at 8 p.m., Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine wa  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37921#comments Andrea Forrester Doug Forrester Joanne Corzine Jon Corzine Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Jessica Bruder 37921 at http://www.observer.com Doggerel for Forrester http://www.observer.com/node/28060
Um. Is this some kind of joke?

Doug Forrester's campaign Web site has a prominent link to A Lyrical Tribute to Doug, which turns out to be an extraordinarily bad poem by one Habibullah Saleem.

It's also a very long poem, so I've edited out the slower parts. But really, read it all: The price for Governor is loyalty and trust The price for Governor is the absence of lust Thoroughly qualified Doug Forrester for sure Bringing to the voters the requirements for cure... Down to Earth whether Black or White Doug Forrester as Governor an amazing delight With nothing to hide devoted and clean Vote for Doug Forrester and not some scheme Understanding New Jersey is to be alert For health and economics he's willing to work Putting in place collective education Inclusive strategies with appropriate inspiration A family man with righteous support Unauthorized characters we must abort... Knows how to provide and care for our elders Forrester's character is that of a welder... Really. Read it all.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/28060#comments Politics Doug Forrester Habibullah Saleem Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:57:00 -0500 Observer Staff 28060 at http://www.observer.com New Jersey Nastiness http://www.observer.com/node/28040
If you've been following the madness in Jersey (or at least reading the NYT metro section, you're familiar with the unprecedented, escalating arms race of attack ads between gubernatorial candidates Doug Forrester and Jon Corzine.

Hoping for a last minute infusion of elevated dialogue? Don't hold your breath. You can watch the new Forrester commerical, which is pathbreakingly personal and bare-knuckled, here.

Even the wonks over at PoliticsNJ, who've weathered decades of Garden State shenanigans with placid insight, are reeling:

"The spot represents a strategic roll of the dice for Forrester. It could produce a poll-shifting payoff, just as it might stir a backlash that would bury him for good. But with his other options exhausted and the clock ticking, he may not have all that much to lose.

"'We've never had an ad this personal in a New Jersey campaign,' said Ingrid Reed of Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute. 'I don't think the Forrester campaign had time to focus group-test it. I have no idea how this will play out.'" Corzine's televised reply accuses Forrester of using a Bush-Rove smear tactic (strategy sound familiar?) and relying on "the politics of personal destruction."
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/28040#comments Politics Doug Forrester Ingrid Reed Jon Corzine The New York Times Company Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:43:00 -0500 Observer Staff 28040 at http://www.observer.com Battle of the Millionaires As Corzine Leads Forrester http://www.observer.com/node/37711 Last Sunday, Senator Jon S.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37711#comments O2 Politics Doug Forrester Jon Corzine New Jersey Richard Codey Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Jessica Bruder 37711 at http://www.observer.com Memo to Torricelli: Quit Now and Go Away http://www.observer.com/node/46536 In New Jersey they do things differently: farce first, tragedy second.A veteran politician, one of t  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46536#comments Bret Schundler Donald DiFrancesco Doug Forrester New Jersey Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Joe Conason 46536 at http://www.observer.com '02 Torch Song: Bob Sputters, Frank Enters http://www.observer.com/node/46554 The strange and abrupt end to the political career of Senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey has le  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46554#comments Andrew Cuomo Doug Forrester New Jersey Robert Torricelli Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Josh Benson 46554 at http://www.observer.com Torricelli's Foe Opens Season With Big Blast http://www.observer.com/node/46213 Doug Forrester is not a natural politician.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46213#comments Doug Forrester Ken Snyder New Jersey Robert Torricelli Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Josh Benson 46213 at http://www.observer.com