Ingrid Reed Quotations

I was struck by the simplicity of it.

I think to a lot of voters, this kind of thing just reinforces their cynicism. Doug Forrester has campaigned, and is campaigning, in a way to say that 'I'm not like other politicians and I don't do the things they do.' So it cancels out his message.

I think he was being very honest when he said he was just learning how to do this.

I think he knows that he needs every vote he can get. To some extent, by courting these groups, he's saying, 'I'm an independent-minded person.

It all depends. If there's a really heated election contest and people bring it up in a concerted way, there's enough there to hurt him. The tapes are out there and the swaggering we heard is distasteful to many people.

To the voters, they are not paying attention to this. It's too early. We have all seen lawmakers aggrandize themselves with the gasoline-price escalation.

Even though people don't pin the 'R' or 'D' on their sleeve, they pretty much vote one way or the other, and the campaigns know that.

At this point, those numbers look good. It looks like New Jersey.

Any candidate has to deal with the fact that from the beginning New Jersey was a state of communities.

Banks want to stay clear of risky investments, like those that could be tied up in court. They also are sensitive to the public they serve and don't want their parking lots ringed with pickets.

You need to implement pay-to-play reform at the county level, because counties are the places where an awful lot of business actually gets done.

It's exactly what we want the ethics rules to prevent.

It's sort of like looking at your own salary, and saying, well, I only have about three-quarters of that in hand. What am I not going to do?

On balance, I think that he's bringing in new blood, but he's also recognizing that he needs experienced people.

If you don't think about anything else in this campaign, these are the big questions: What's the right balance and how do we pay for it?

Among the independents, who he needs, the pro-choice issue is an important one. What you're seeing with Forrester is trying to expand his base in the middle.