In 1st district, Glading is running a strong grass-roots campaign
By Wally EdgeRepublicans in New Jersey’s first congressional district haven’t run a strong campaign since the days of John Hunt, who held the seat from 1966 until Jim Florio beat him in 1974, and their chances of winning the strongly Democratic seat in 2008 – against whomever the Democrats ultimately decide to nominate – is indeed slim. But their candidate, conservative Dale Glading, is already mounting an impressive effort. A minister who runs the largest athletic prison ministry in the country, is aggressive and hardworking, and local Republicans actually seem enthused about his candidacy.
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Go Go Glading!
Considering Republicans didn't even have a candidate in 2006 for this district, the fact that we have a strong challenger like Glading who is already a stand out is incredibly encouraging.
Just wait until the Dems pull a switcheroo after the primary...
Thrilled
1st District voters should be thrilled to have a hard-working, non-politician candidate as an option this fall.
http://www.daleglading.com/
radical views, radical candidate
The fact that Republican candidates in district-01 usually place nearer to N.J. Weedman's Legalize Marijuana Party and The Reform Party than the Democratic candidate notwithstanding, local Republicans have picked someone with genuinely radical views to be their candidate.
Glading favors a constituitonal amendment banning marriage equality for gays and lesbians, no gay adoption, no stem cell research (science and progress, be damned!), and the criminalization of doctors who perform abortions and women who receive them.
For someone who supposedly harbors theistic values, Glading also supports an endless loss of life in Iraq, as he argues that the U.S. should "maintain a substantial military presence in Iraq." This is counterintuitive for Glading, unless he sees promoting endless war connected to Christian eschatology in some fashion.
So much for choosing a moderate candidate, as the Republicans once again shoot themselves in the foot in district 1. Wilderness, meet the Camden County Republican Party.
Dale is genuine
The residents of the First Congressional District, including Washington Township where I live, would do well to support Dale and have him represent us in Washington.