Yeah, it could be. Interestingly, some national polls show that John McCain would beat Hillary Clinton.
He's worked very hard to try to overcome that ... (but) as a minority member of the Senate, of course, accomplishments are thin. There's not a policy record there. There's not successes to point to.
On the other hand, McCain as a moderate Republican and an independent politician and an advocate of campaign finance and ethics reform can help Forrester boost his claims to be the candidate of change in this year's election.
Both candidates were running as agents of change, but instead of using their wealth to sell their agendas, these multimillionaires have squandered money on attacks. It's not that the charges are scandalous; this is the usual stuff we see in New Jersey. It's the amount of ads these guys have paid for.
In a situation where the state is facing budget problems, it's hard to convince voters that you can do a lot. If it was so easy to provide property-tax relief, surely they would have already done so. It's easier to attack.
Young people will typically show up in larger numbers in national elections, when they perceive the stakes to be higher.
What this practice does is really put candidates on guard wherever they are, and make delivering speeches even to groups of supporters even harder.
It's playing on a familiar theme, a familiar theme for Republicans, that no matter what Democrats say, they are going to tax you.
These are millionaire candidates who we thought would run above traditional politics, and instead they have super-sized their negative campaigns. What citizens have gotten is a very conventional campaign dominated by name calling and exaggerated criticism of both candidates.
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