New Jersey Implements 21-County Strategy

From Campaigns and Elections:

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean came to a Kenilworth hotel this morning to see his 50-State Strategy in practice. At the head table sat the event's hosts -- state Sen. John Adler, Assemblywoman Linda Stender and state Senate candidate Gina Genovese -- all three of whom are running for office against Republican incumbents, in Republican leaning districts.

"If you're playing defense in politics, then you're losing," Dean told the receptive crowd of about 150. "We can not afford to play defense anymore. We're going to play on their turf. We're not going to export people to Pennsylvania to win the race there. What we are going to do is focus on the races we can win right here in New Jersey."

Leave no Republican unchallenged. It's not complicated. It works.