Crap! The Democrat primary was the only way to get rid of Lautenberg. There is no way a Republican wins this year in NJ. My fellow New Jerseyians complain about higher taxes yet keep voting for the Democrats, not the brightest bulbs in the pack. He shouldn’t have much trouble against Zimmer, he’s lost a Senate and a House race before. That’s what NJ Republicans do best, lose. Yeah, the NJ Republicans aren’t the brightest bulbs either, we keep nominating losers instead of looking for fresh blood to throw to the wolves 🙂

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the chamber’s third-oldest member at 84, easily won nomination for a new term Tuesday over a challenger who sought to make an issue of his age.
Lautenberg defeated Democratic Rep. Rob Andrews as voters in seven states picked congressional candidates for the fall, and residents of one South Dakota county voted to allow construction of the nation’s first new oil refinery in more than 30 years.
Andrews, a 50-year-old lawmaker who has served in the House since 1990, repeatedly reminded voters that Lautenberg would be nearly 91 by the end of a fifth term. He recalled in one television ad how Lautenberg himself raised the age issue when campaigning in 1982 against Rep. Millicent Fenwick, who was 72.
“It’s hard when your own words come back to haunt you, isn’t it?” the ad asked.

Lovely, now we can have a doddering old man just like West Virginia. And good for South Dakota! We need more oil refineries so the cost of gas will drop.