Quinnipiac: Codey top choice to fill Senate seat, Leads Kean, Jr. by 23%

[Keystone Phil]

People like Andrews and Kean Jr. lack name recognition among a lot of voters.  A lot of people know who Codey is.

Kean....lacks name recognition. Wow.

[minionofmidas]

When is COrzine supposed to make his pick?

[YRABNNRM]

People like Andrews and Kean Jr. lack name recognition among a lot of voters.  A lot of people know who Codey is.

Which is why Forrester campaigned as a Kean Republican...

[Moooooo]

Im beginning to question how popular Kean is in NJ.  I mean, when you look at the polls that have come out of PA.  Casey is whiping the floor with Santorum.  The closest the race has ever been was Casey +6, and that was before Casey even announced.  If the Kean last name is 'gold' in NJ... Why isnt Kean Jr. blowing out the corupt Menendez?  Why is Kean polling about even with the unknown Andrews?  Why is Codey blowing Kean out by 23%?

I know Kean Sr. won an election back in the 90's with over 70% of the vote, but after that I really do not know much about the guy.  His last name obviously isnt giving his son a major boost like Casey in PA.  And running as a 'Kean Republican' obviously didnt get Forrester elected.  Judging by the way people praise Kean Sr around here you figure his son would be polling at or around 50% by now.  Someone fill me in here.

[YRABNNRM]

Im beginning to question how popular Kean is in NJ.  I mean, when you look at the polls that have come out of PA.  Casey is whiping the floor with Santorum.  The closest the race has ever been was Casey +6, and that was before Casey even announced.  If the Kean last name is 'gold' in NJ... Why isnt Kean Jr. blowing out the corupt Menendez?  Why is Kean polling about even with the unknown Andrews?  Why is Codey blowing Kean out by 23%?

Simple. NJ is much more Democratic than Pennsylvania and it will be much tougher for a Republican to win in NJ than a Democrat to win in PA, although both will happen as it looks now.

[Keystone Phil]

Im beginning to question how popular Kean is in NJ.  I mean, when you look at the polls that have come out of PA.  Casey is whiping the floor with Santorum.  The closest the race has ever been was Casey +6, and that was before Casey even announced.  If the Kean last name is 'gold' in NJ... Why isnt Kean Jr. blowing out the corupt Menendez?  Why is Kean polling about even with the unknown Andrews?  Why is Codey blowing Kean out by 23%?

I know Kean Sr. won an election back in the 90's with over 70% of the vote, but after that I really do not know much about the guy.  His last name obviously isnt giving his son a major boost like Casey in PA.  And running as a 'Kean Republican' obviously didnt get Forrester elected.  Judging by the way people praise Kean Sr around here you figure his son would be polling at or around 50% by now.  Someone fill me in here.

Everyone knows how much stock I put into Quinnipiac but I'm sorry - that last poll was crazy. Kean led the one candidate he should be trailing, tied with a candidate he should be beating and losing to a candidate that he should be destroying.

Kean, Sr. was elected during the early 80s. He was NJ's most popular Governor who later served on the 9/11 Commission. He's powerful in NJ. Though it didn't give Forrester a win, it's obvious that bringing up that name is used because it is a smart thing to do. A Democrat would tell you the same thing, too. There's a reason why he appeared in ads and was mentioned so often by Forrester. Just wait until next year. The Dems might get PA but it is likely that that victory will be canceled out with a GOP pickup in NJ. The GOP saw that the Dems wanted to play the name ID game in PA and played right along except Kean, Jr. is a stronger candidate (debating, speaking, energy, etc.).