Nelson's numbers are getting stronger, but about a third of the voters still say they don't know enough about him to form an opinion.

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If there were a third-party candidate on the ballot who is pro-choice, that candidate could draw heavily from Casey backers among liberal Democrats, enough to make it a close race.

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The bottom line is, Katherine Harris's support is so low that she is down to just about the bottom of what you'd expect a Republican to get in Florida.

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Most people decided that the government, including the Legislature ... should just stay out of the matter.

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While a majority of the voters view both candidates as being honest and trustworthy, the number who did not jumped eight points for Mr. Forrester and four for the senator.

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This is interesting. Usually corruption doesn't even come up in polls.

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Newly appointed Sen. Robert Menendez leads Tom Kean by the narrowest of margins only because there are more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.

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At the start of the election year, to have the governor still be up (by) double digits after all of the hoopla about Swann, I think is significant. But of course, the race is just beginning, so we have a long way to go.

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The bottom line is that even when things are equal in New Jersey, the Democrats win.

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I think these numbers should give Congressman Mark Foley reason to consider making a run.

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His polls have definitely weakened because, one, he had signed the legislative pay-raise bill last year, which was highly unpopular; and, two, he failed to deliver on his promise to lower property taxes.

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There are people who no longer feel he'd be different.

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Sen. Menendez holds a narrow lead in this race only because there are more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.

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While voters think the legislative pay raise is excessive and want it repealed, it does not appear that lawmakers will suffer greatly at the polls for making themselves the second-best paid Legislature in the country.

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It's a marvelously subtle attack.

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I'm sure that was among the factors that changed the margin in this.

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For a governor who signed the despised legislative pay raise and saw his plan to use gambling money to lower property taxes go down in flames, Ed Rendell ought to be called Teflon Ed.

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