It was no surprise that U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman John Adler came out against Governor Jon Corzine’s plan to raise tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway. The two Democrats plan to be on the ballot this November, and they’re not exactly interested in seeing this controversial state issue engulf their federal campaigns.
Eighteen years ago, New Jersey’s most popular politician, Bill Bradley, nearly lost his United States Senate seat when he refused to comment on then-Governor Jim Florio’s $2.8 billion tax increase. Adler was a candidate for Congress that year too – mounting an unsuccessful challenge to Congressman Jim Saxton.
Don’t be shocked to see Linda Stender do the same thing.
