(Photo, PoliticsNJ)
Gov. Jon Corzine and a bevy of the Dem power structure endorsed Hillary Clinton's candidacy for President yesterday in Elizabeth, the seat of Union County.
While the mainstream media were busy ticking off this 'coup', more thoughtful observers saw a few blemishes that the airbrush missed.
Wally Edge, the anonymous pundit on the PoliticsNJ website, pointed out that Clinton raked in nowhere close to the haul that Jim McGreevey delivered to John Kerry in 2004 or that Christy Whitman gave George Bush in 2000.
In fact, counties representing about HALF the state's Dem vote did NOT line up behind Hillary. Some have already thrown their lot with Obama and some are 'in play'.
TBM is struck that while State Sen. Ray Lesniak endorsed her -- he IS from Elizabeth, for Pete's sake! -- there is no mention anywhere of Union County Dem boss Charlotte DeFilippo.
Now that is a truly BIG oversight.
Nor is Plainfield Assemblyman Jerry Green mentioned as supporting Hillary.
In fact, TBM ran into him last night and he told me he wasn't even in Elizabeth, as I had predicted elsewhere that he might be.
Guess I owe him a cuppa java.
Here are the details from the PoliticsNJ website --
Corzine endorsements:
Governor Jon Corzine
Congressman Rob Andrews
Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.
Former Governor Brendan Byrne
Former Governor Jim Florio
State Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts
State Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman
State Democratic Party Chairman and Assemblyman Joe Cryan
State Senator and Bayonne Mayor Joe Doria
State Senator Barbara Buono
State Senator Nia Gill
State Senator Ray Lesniak
State Assemblyman Tom Giblin
Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes
Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage
Former Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Bass Levin
Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Ron Ruff
Burlington County Democratic Chairman Richard Perr
Hudson County Democratic Chairman Bernie Kenny
Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman David Del Vecchio
Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vic Scudiery
Warren County Chairman David DeGerolamo
Editor's Note: Later this evening, the Clinton campaign deleted Kenny in Hudson, but added five other County Chairs: Phil Thigpen in Essex, Elia Pelios in Somerset, Wyatt Earp in Ocean, Megan Ward in Sussex and Lewis Candura in Morris.
Links on Corzine's Clinton Endorsement
- PoliticsNJ: "Clinton picks up Corzine, other key endorsements"
- ..... - Wally Edge: "Clinton falls short of expectations on N.J. campaign debut"
- Star-Ledger: "Corzine aids old pal's bid for president"
- Courier News: "Corzine, state Dems endorse Clinton in White House bid"
- New York Times: "Clinton Gets Endorsement From Corzine"
-- Dan Damon
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