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Newspaper endorses Zimmer for U.S. Senate
It's not every day that one of the most liberal newspapers in the country endorses a Republican.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is urging New Jersey residents to elect former Congressman Dick Zimmer as their new U.S. Senator over geriatric Frank Lautenberg, a liberal Democrat.
From the editorial:
The Philadelphia Inquirer is urging New Jersey residents to elect former Congressman Dick Zimmer as their new U.S. Senator over geriatric Frank Lautenberg, a liberal Democrat.
From the editorial:
A former three-term congressman and former state legislator, Zimmer is a qualified candidate and offers a viable alternative to voters in a state that has not sent a Republican to the Senate since 1972. Zimmer, 64, of Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, defeated three challengers in the GOP primary in his second run for the Senate.
Zimmer is a fiscal conservative who supports cutting taxes and pork-barrel spending, but is a moderate on many social issues - which would go a long way in reaching across the aisle.Zimmer already knows his way around Washington politics. He served three terms in the House from 1991 to 1996, before losing to Torricelli in the race for Bill Bradley's open seat.
He may be best known for writing the federal Megan's Law, which requires parental notification when a convicted sex offender moves into a neighborhood. The bill was named for Megan Kanka, the 6-year-old Hamilton Township, N.J., girl who was murdered by a sex offender.Zimmer has shown that he would buck his party. He opposes lifting the ban on drilling off the New Jersey coast, a position supported by GOP presidential candidate John McCain.
He also differs with McCain on the Iraq war - Zimmer says troops should be withdrawn "as soon as we practically can."
In a campaign overshadowed by the presidential race, Zimmer has tried to focus on issues important to New Jersey voters and where he differs with Lautenberg. "I want to shut the whole pork-barrel game down," Zimmer told the Inquirer's Editorial Board. During six years in Congress, Zimmer said he asked for only one
earmark.Read the full endorsement editorial at the newspaper's Web site.
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