By Steve Kornacki 9/25/06 12:00am

Menendez Haunted By Party’s Ghosts

New Jersey’s Democratic elite has developed a well-worn reputation for cockiness.

And for good reason: Since 1972, only two Republicans—Tom Kean Sr. and Christine Todd Whitman, each elected and re-elected governor—have won statewide elections in New Jersey, and only once did their victory margin exceed one percentage point.

But cockiness also explains the predicament that Read More

By Steve Kornacki 9/25/06 12:00am

Menendez Haunted By Party's Ghosts

New Jersey’s Democratic elite has developed a well-worn reputation for cockiness.

And for good reason: Since 1972, only two Republicans—Tom Kean Sr. and Christine Todd Whitman, each elected and re-elected governor—have won statewide elections in New Jersey, and only once did their victory margin exceed one percentage point.

But cockiness also explains the Read More