NY Times: Kyrillos has “a plausable path to upset” Mendenez
The New York Times FiveThirtyEight blog has shifted its rating of the New Jersey U.S. Senate race between likely GOP nominee, State Senator Joe Kyrillos and incumbent Senator Bob Menendez from Safe Democrat to Likely Democrat.
In New Jersey, Robert Menendez, a Democrat, has middling approval ratings and is below 50 percent in the polls against the most likely Republican nominee, State Senator Joseph Kyrillos. Mr. Kyrillos would need to catch some breaks to win the race — his fund-raising has lagged Mr. Menendez’s so far, and he might need Mr. Romney to be more competitive in New Jersey than Republican presidential candidates have been in recent years. Still, there is a plausible path to an upset, and so we now classify the race as Likely Democrat rather than Safe Democrat.
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Joe Kryillos has a better chance of being elected Pope in 2012 than he does of being elected a United States Senator.
He couldn’t even beat Pallone! Just hope Rullo pulls off an upset in Ocean County.
Joe Kyrillos is the only GOP candidate who has the ability to pull us together to defeat the Corzine MF Global puppet Menendez.
Those who would tear down our chance to beat both Obama and every uber liberal democrat should hang their heads in shame. It makes me wonder whether some groups have been infiltrated by Obama supporters.
Why hasn’t Menendez yet recused himself from the investigations into Corzine and MF Global?
Menendez and Corzine – perfect together (perhaps in jail!).
I would not expect Romney to dump a lot of $$$ or spend a lot of time in NJ (especially since he almost needs to run the table on toss-up states) however if Kryillos were within 6-7 points of Menendez, I would expect the PAC $$$ to come pouring in.
Joe Kyrillos is a man of character, conviction and compassion. His vision and approach with regard to what needs to be done for the benefit of our country is exactly what’s needed in Washington, D.C. and Joe knows how to get it done. He is highly respected by Republicans and Democrats alike and will work effectively with all involved to accomplish great things for our State and for our Country.