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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (75499)	9/30/2002 12:18:04 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 208838

uh oh... Torricelli out of race ? grub ______________________ Balance of power... ____________________ Politics - U. S. Congress Torricelli May Quit Senate Race Mon Sep 30,12:03 PM ET By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Bob Torricelli, his re-election hopes dimmed by an ethics controversy, is considering dropping out of the race, a Democratic party source said Monday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was no clear timetable for the first-term lawmaker to make a decision about his plans. Torricelli was admonished over the summer by the Senate ethics committee, which investigated allegations that he had accepted campaign gifts from a campaign contributor, a businessman that the lawmaker aided. Torricelli swiftly launched an effort to apologize to the state's voters, but his Republican rival, Doug Forrester, has capitalized on the issue and polls show him leading. One poll released over the weekend gave Forrester a lead of 13 percentage points over the Democratic incumbent. Torricelli's support was only 34 percent among those surveyed. In June, the same poll, the Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgets survey showed Torricelli with a 14-point lead. Torricelli's woes have troubled Democratic strategists, who are struggling to maintain the party's single-seat majority in the Senate in the midterm elections. Torricelli's campaign manager, Ken Snyder, declined comment on the report the first-term Democrat was considering leaving the race. A withdrawal would leave the Democrats in an uncertain position. The deadline for candidates to file for the race has passed, although the party presumably would seek permission, from the courts if necessary, to fill a vacancy on the ballot. Torricelli was elected to his seat in 1996, and quickly made clear his leadership ambitions. He helped raise more than $100 million for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as its chairman in the last election cycle. That was before businessman David Chang's allegations of illegal gift-giving began to take a toll. Seven people pleaded guilty to making illegal donations to Torricelli's campaign in 1996. Chang told investigators he gave the senator Italian suits and a $8,100 Rolex watch, among other gifts, in return for Torricelli's intervention in business deals in North and South Korea ( news - web sites). Torricelli has denied any illegality or violations of Senate rules. The government investigated the allegations against the senator, but brought no charges. But the ethics committee issued its admonishment, and Torricelli's poll numbers began dropping rapidly. story.news.yahoo.com