The Prince and the Pauper: Adler and Myers
By Debbie HoltzIt's not often a congressional seat opens up in New Jersey - so you would think that all editorial eyes would be focused on any and all campaign story angles in the open districts - especially the hometown dailies.
So when the 3rd District (Burlington-Ocean-Camden) campaigns closed their fundraising books for the 2nd quarter and candidates started reporting cash-on-hand, it should have made some news.
Show us the money!
Dem Adler is rolling in dough - compared to GOP Myers' bank account -- with $1.9 million reportedly raised in his campaign war chest. That's more than most incumbents in the state.
Even the Burlington County Times - perhaps not wanting to show up the hometown boy - passed on the press announcements about the drained campaign coffers of Chris Myers. A bit odd given BCT's more than passing interest in Myers' nitty-gritty primary contest with Ocean County rival Jack Kelly and the money race between the two GOP rivals (BCT, 5/24/08 and BCT, 6/1/08).
Of interest, the Associated Press did run a weekend story about the two hottest races in the state -- in the 3rd and 7th congressional districts. A few dailies ran the story including the BCT - but the Sunday print version cut 8 graphs which spotlighted the local race. Those edits left out a reported 14:1 fundraising advantage Adler held over Myers in mid-May.
Just for the record, The Press of Atlantic City - one of the other dailies in the 3rd district - ran the longer version.
UPDATE: Still no BCT news three days after Tuesday's FEC filings which show Adler with a 9:1 cash-on-hand advantage over Myers - once again more than most N.J. incumbents.
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The BCT, which is traditionally viewed as a Democratic-leaning editorial board paper, has published only a few sentences on Chris Myers' massive fundraising deficit. I hadn't considered whether this could be a case of hometown apologism on the part of BCT. At least the Courier-Post, which has a much larger circulation, has covered Adler's fundraising advantage in yesterday's edition:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/NEW...
The BCT leans Democratic?
Huh? The Burlington County Times is a pretty balanced newspaper. It has never pulled the kind of hatchet job that the Asbury Park Press did to Senator John Bennett.
what do you expect?
What do you expect? Tinker Bell pulls this stuff out of his rear and throws it against the wall and hopes it sticks. He has zero credibility. Just ask State Senator Dennison.