Chris Christie (R) beats Corzine, 46% to 39%, and Steve Lonegan (R) wins, 43% to 40%.
“There is a little bit of good news for Corzine in these numbers, however. For one thing, his numbers versus his Republican opponents appear to be holding steady, compared to other recent polling in the race. His numbers had been heading south, but there is at least some sign that his poll numbers have bottomed out.”
Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds Christie beating Lonegan, 46% to 35%, in next week’s Republican primary.
Dead Spy’s JFK Files Pose a Test for Obama’s FOIA Order In his executive order strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, President Obama declared that the law should “be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.” Many have applauded Obama’s intentions but whether his beautiful words…
The Bushes and the Media: A Compassionate Affair Without wading into the “true conservative” debate here (having not yet read the book) let me just offer these observations from my perch as something of a media critic. There’s little questions that whatever their true-blue (or rather true-red)…
Oedipus Tex: Spies, Jesus, and Father V. Son Like Greg Mitchell, I plead guilty to not having read Russ’s book yet–and that inevitably limits whatever I can add to the discourse. Regardless, I have no doubts that Bush senior’s operational experience with the CIA went beyond his…
Barnes: Sotomayor ?benefited? from affirmative action ?tremendously.? On MSNBC yesterday, Pat Buchanan repeatedly attacked Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an “affirmative action candidate,” echoing right-wing claims that she has “been the recipient of preferential treatment for most of her life.” On Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning, Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes argued “that she’s one of those who has […]
On MSNBC yesterday, Pat Buchanan repeatedly attacked Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an “affirmative action candidate,” echoing right-wing claims that she has “been the recipient of preferential treatment for most of her life.” On Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning, Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes argued “that she’s one of those who has benefited from affirmative action over the years tremendously.” When Bennett noted that she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton, which he called “a pretty big deal,” Barnes dismissed it, saying “I guess it is”:
BARNES: I think you can make the case that she’s one of those who has benefited from affirmative action over the years tremendously.
BENNETT: Yeah, well, maybe so. Did she get into Princeton on affirmative action, one wonders.
BARNES: One wonders.
BENNETT: Summa Cum Laude, I don’t think you get on affirmative action. I don’t know what her major was, but Summa Cum Laude’s a pretty big deal.
BARNES: I guess it is, but you know, there’s some schools and maybe Princeton’s not one of them, where if you don’t get Summa Cum Laude then or some kind of Cum Laude, you then, you’re a D+ student.
Listen here:
On Tuesday night, former Bush adviser Karl Rove said that despite her stellar academic credentials, Sotomayor was “not necessarily” smart. “I know lots of stupid people who went to Ivy League schools,” said Rove.
Transcript:
BENNETT: She does have an interesting life story.
BARNES: She does have an interesting life story, but then so did Clarence Thomas. That didn’t seem to have much bearing on…
BENNETT: That’s exactly right.
BARNES: On the Supreme, on the Judiciary Committee. You know, 48 voted against him. So, that’s fine. But look, that’s, I mean, the life story shouldn’t make any difference. Remember the figure of justice is blind.
BENNETT: Yeah, exactly, that’s right.
BARNES: They’re not supposed to be ruling on the basis of their life experience, even when it sounds pretty great. I think you can make the case that she’s one of those who has benefited from affirmative action over the years tremendously.
BENNETT: Yeah, well, maybe so. Did she get into Princeton on affirmative action, one wonders.
BARNES: One wonders.
BENNETT: Summa Cum Laude, I don’t think you get on affirmative action. I don’t know what her major was, but Summa Cum Laude’s a pretty big deal.
BARNES: I guess it is, but you know, there’s some schools and maybe Princeton’s not one of them, where if you don’t get Summa Cum Laude then or some kind of Cum Laude, you then, you’re a D+ student.
BENNETT: That ain’t one of them, I know, because I’ve got two boys there and that’s the grade deflation thanks to your buddy and my buddy Robbie George. He started, he said they’re grading too high. Now this may have been before the grade deflation thing, but they’ve had a movement there at Princeton to cut those grades way down.
Kennedy’s Health-Care Measure To Require Employers to Chip In Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is circulating the outlines of sweeping health-care legislation that would require every American to have insurance and would mandate that employers contribute to workers’ coverage.
White House Tries to Quell Abortion Rights Supporters’ Fears About Sotomayor The White House scrambled yesterday to assuage worries from liberal groups about Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s scant record on abortion rights, delivering strong but vague assurances that the Supreme Court nominee agrees with President Obama’s belief in constitutional protections for a woman’s right to…
U.S. Is Urged to Ease Off Cuba to Improve Relations in the Hemisphere The U.S. government is fighting an effort to allow Cuba to return to the Organization of American States after a 47-year suspension. But the resistance is putting it at odds with much of Latin America as the Obama administration is trying to improve relations in the hemisphere.
Republicans would be foolish to fight the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court because she is the most conservative choice that President Obama could have made.
Obama Launches Review Of Secrecy Policy President Obama this afternoon directed his national security adviser and senior Cabinet officials to examine whether the government keeps too much information secret….
Obama Names Ambassadors To Britain, France, India WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has picked a major Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Britain, a theology professor to represent the United States at the…
James Jones: US Safer Under Obama WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s charge that America is less…
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