Poll: Majority has no preference when it comes to choosing Corzine's succe

[Judi Lynn]

Poll: Majority has no preference when it comes to choosing Corzine's successor in U.S. Senate

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Associated Press Writer

July 25, 2005, 5:31 AM EDT


TRENTON, N.J. -- A majority of New Jerseyans do not have a preference regarding who should be appointed to complete Jon Corzine's term in the U.S. Senate if he wins New Jersey's gubernatorial race in November, according to a poll released Monday.

The Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind poll gave respondents the chance to choose one of five Democratic congressmen who are seeking the appointment _ Robert Andrews, Robert Menendez, Frank Pallone, Bill Pascrell Jr. and Donald Payne _ or the option to say they had no preference.

Among the five, Menendez was favored by 16 percent of the respondents, while 14 percent picked Andrews and 8 percent chose Pallone. Payne and Pascrell each were supported by 5 percent of the respondents.

However, 39 percent said they had no preference among the five House members, while 5 percent said they would choose none of them and 4 percent said they would be satisfied with any of them. Some 3 percent said they favor acting Gov. Richard J. Codey, who has said he is not interested in the post.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--senate-poll0725jul25,0,5417883.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

[vi5]

1. I wish Codey would do it...

I hated to see him step aside to allow Corzine to be corronated the nominee, especially since Corzine is by no means a lock against Forrester. I like Codey and I know a lot of non-dems who like Codey. To me he seems to always do what is best for NJ rather than best for himself politically. And when he stood up to the local right wing radio hosts, his character in my mind went up tenfold.