Corzine Earning Political Stripes as the Money Man (taking Senate possible

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/politics/campaign/02CORZ.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1083596531-n4BCrJXKsOVbk1Mx2PxRJg


Corzine Earning Political Stripes as the Money Man
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Published: May 2, 2004


ASHINGTON, May 1 — <snip>Some independent experts now say the idea of a Democratic Senate, while still a long shot, is no longer so far-fetched.

"I would say right now Republican chances of holding onto the Senate have dropped from 80 to 90 percent to, say, 60 percent," said Charlie Cook, publisher of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. "Five or six months ago, you might have said, `Corzine, he's working hard, but he got dealt a bad hand of cards.' But he's got to have a real spring in his step today."<snip>


The churning was apparent; at the end of 2003, Senate Democrats were in the worst financial shape of any major party committee. <snip>

Yet in March, the committee raised $7.1 million, nearly $2 million more than its Republican counterpart. Steve De Micco, who ran Mr. Corzine's 2000 campaign, says Mr. Daschle made "an inspired choice, because Jon is somebody who has the potential to bring money into the party from entirely new sources."<snip>

[mndemocrat_29]

1. Corzine has done an excellent job heading the DSCC

This could be a great launching ground for him (if we win back the Senate) to get into the top Democratic Leadership-he was recently polled as the most popular politician in New Jersey, he's a liberal senator who seems destined to win an easy reelection in 2006, and he's young enough to have a long career in the Senate.

Also want to point out right now what an awesome freshman class this would be-

Brad Henry, Erskine Bowles, Chris John, Tony Knowles, Denise Majette, Barack Obama, Joe Hoeffel, Inez Tenenbaum, Betty Castor, and Ken Salazar

[flpoljunkie]

3. And what an awesome freshman class of Democratic Senators it will be!

Go Dems!

:kick:

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. Corzine will be VP one day

I guarantee it.