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A vote for war is indefensible but to be fair Lautenberg is on the record saying he supported the authorization to go to war, as well.  Clearly both men should have been reading more of the liberal blogosphere back during the buildup to war?

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On some issues Lautenberg is to the left of Andrews, and on others it's the other way around.  For example, when it comes rights for women, workers and GLBTs there are very few members of Congress as durably progressive as Rob Andrews.

And if you think this race is  not a generational thing, consider this personal anecdote: for the past two years i have tried to get a podcast and/or vlog  with Lautenberg via BlueJersey.com.  

I reckoned if Governor Corzine, Senator Menendez, the entire Congressional delegation, cabinet members + state legislators can take the walk on the "Netroots" side, why not Lautenberg?    As recently as a month ago (before Andrews announced) i reached out one last time. His staff says "yeah let's do it."

(Crickets)

So Lautenberg remains the only NJ politician of note to never engage the blogosphere.  Not that he owed us anything, but this  did stand him in stark contrast to all the others.

Ironically the first time i met Andrews was at some campaign stop and he comes up to comment on my fashionable Blue Jersey T-shirt.  He wanted to chat about the blogosphere, the netroots and all things "new media."   He also wanted to hear my thought about Net Neutrality.  

Who me?

So on that one account, generationally speaking, the two could not be more different.  

Which is one of the reasons I am gonna phonrbank for the Andrews campaign -- hopefully with at least two neighbors in tow-- tomorrow morning.  

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 19:30:32 PM CDT

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