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	CNN.com - Torricelli drops out of N.J. race - Sep. 30, 2002
		Torricelli's decision sent Democrats scrambling for a replacement to face Republican Doug Forrester in November.
		Torricelli was admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee this summer, following an investigation into whether he had improperly accepted gifts from businessman David Chang, a campaign contributor who earlier this year pleaded guilty to violating federal election laws.
		Torricelli, who once served in the office of Vice President Walter Mondale, said he made mistakes, but insisted he was not guilty of all the charges leveled against him.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/30/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race (944 words)

	Rewriting Political Rules - 9/26/02-S. Adubato
		Torricelli is committed to spending millions of dollars to blast Forrester as a far-right, out of touch Republican who is against a woman's right to choose and who looking to invest retirees' social security funds in the roller coaster stock market.
		But Bob Torricelli is the only issue when it comes to politics in the state of New Jersey and he only has himself to blame.
		Torricelli is fighting it through the courts and through his lawyers, but this election has nothing to do with courts, lawyers or legalities.
	www.caucusnj.org /adubato/2002/02-0926.asp (813 words)

	CNN.com - Dems pick Lautenberg to replace Torricelli - Oct. 1, 2002
		Torricelli, 51, a first-term senator considered a rising star and renowned for his fund-raising prowess, announced Monday he was withdrawing from the race because of the lingering controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
		However, Torricelli wrote in a September 30 letter to state Attorney General David Samson that he had asked Bonnie Watson Coleman, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party, to "pursue the selection of a candidate in my stead" in accordance with state law.
		Torricelli's race was once viewed as an easy win for his party, but Republicans have successfully made the incumbent's ethics troubles a campaign issue.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race (1130 words)

	OnPolitics (washingtonpost.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I think Bob Torricelli today has demonstrated his true strength of commitment to New Jersey's families who deserve a patient's bill of rights, who deserve to have smaller class size in their schools, adequate investment, New Jersey's women who deserve to have the right of privacy and choice.
		Bob Torricelli has shown his true commitment to all working families in New Jersey for the things that they care about.
		On a personal note, the service and friendship that Bob Torricelli has shown this state for 20 years, for the 30 years that he spoke about, we all must be grateful that for the past four years Bob Torricelli has been a mentor, he's been a colleague and he's truly been a friend.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/transcripts/torricelli_text093002.html (2905 words)

	Deroy Murdock on New Jersey & Torricelli on National Review Online
		Torricelli was not hit by a bus on the way to church, nor did he collapse from a coronary during a Senate floor speech.
		Torricelli, national and state Democratic leaders and rank-and-file Democratic voters all knew Torricelli was severely ethically challenged.
		Torricelli fought sedulously to keep sealed a May 21 letter in which prosecutors asked a federal judge to treat Chang leniently for cooperating with the Justice Department.
	www.nationalreview.com /murdock/murdock100202.asp (819 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		Torricelli was articulate, eerily self-confident, fully in command of the facts and arguments, but also surprisingly frank in acknowledging political motives.
		Torricelli: He may be the only person in history to have been rebuked by both the Senate and House ethics committees.
		Torricelli was cruising to reelection against the little-known Doug Forrester.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110002370 (1382 words)

	Torricelli Says Race is Not About Me - 8/28/02-S. Adubato
		Bob Torricelli has developed a new strategy and it goes something like this; "This election is not about me." Torricelli's argument is that voters should overlook, or at least put in context, his accepting gifts from David Chang and his public humiliation on the floor of the US Senate.
		What Torricelli is saying is not really about Doug Forrester, it's really about the Republicans in the south and other parts of the country who would be in control of the US Senate and thereby implement policies counter to what New Jerseyans want.
		Bob Torricelli has never lost an election for public office and it has become increasingly clear that he is willing and able to do just about anything to make sure he doesn't lose this one.
	www.caucusnj.org /adubato/2002/02-0828.asp (837 words)

	Jacob Weisberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Torricelli actually took Chang to a meeting with the finance minister of South Korea in Seoul in 1999--when Chang was already under investigation for giving Torricelli illegal campaign contributions.
		Torricelli has admitted that he did not go to the authorities when Chang tried to buy him a Mercedes, a bribe he apparently turned down when he got worried that the auto dealer knew who Chang was buying the car for.
		Torricelli is clearly someone who appreciates the accoutrements of affluence--the hand-tailored suits, the first-class travel, the fancy restaurants, the trophy girlfriends.
	www.slate.com /id/1007572 (2225 words)

	CNN.com
		Torricelli said nothing about the influence peddling scandal that ruined his career, or about increasingly credible allegations that he obstructed a federal investigation, threatened a witness, and bragged about his close friends in organized crime.
		Torricelli dropped his reelection effort in New Jersey, which altered (ph) the Democratic Party now to put a stronger candidate up against a Republican who seems to be pretty much out of step with every issue that voters in the garden state really care about.
		Torricelli, but you had dismissed during the last segment this sort of out of hand, as if it was no big deal, the fact that the Senate Ethics Committee never called a single witness in its investigation into Mr.
	www-cgi.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/30/cf.00.html (7971 words)

	The lesson of Bob Torricelli's exit. By William Saletan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the contest between Torricelli and his Republican challenger, Doug Forrester, there was frequent debate about the Torricelli Principle, an obscure rule (named after the then-congressman) having to do with the recruitment of shady characters by U.S. intelligence agencies.
		But in the wake of Torricelli's withdrawal, the principle for which he might more suitably be remembered is the one he illustrated in his final campaign: When you're reduced to pleading that the election isn't about you, it's time to get out.
		At the press conference announcing his withdrawal, Torricelli said he and Clinton had talked on the phone earlier in the day, recalling "all the times I went to the White House and told him in the darkest days that what I admired about him was that you never give up.
	www.slate.com /?id=2071776 (1012 words)

	The College Hill Independent
		Torricelli's ratings in the polls began a long slide, until it looked as if Republican opponent Douglas Forrester, who is more of a businessman than a politician, might win the election.
		Both parties cite voter choice as support for their position: the Democrats said that not to replace Torricelli would be to guarantee a Republican victory and that the voters would not have any choice of candidates.
		The issue is that Torricelli withdrew from a US Senate race 36 days before the election-not because he thought he couldn't effectively serve the interests of his party or his constituents, but because he thought he was going to lose.
	brown.edu /Students/INDY/alpha/oldstuff/issues/101002/opinions/2.html (1372 words)

	Allison R. Hayward on Robert Torricelli on National Review Online
		Chang, initially represented by an attorney with close ties to Torricelli, was indicted in March 2000 for conspiracy, obstruction, and witness tampering in connection with his activities supporting Torricelli.
		Prosecutors concluded that jury would look askance at such a character, and even in such a colorful case decline to find Torricelli guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." Although it is commonplace for felons to fall on the evidence of co-felons, the prosecutors here chose to refer the matter to the Senate.
		Torricelli also improperly accepted a "loan" of bronze statues for office decorations, and allowed Chang to make gifts of earrings to Torricelli's sister, employee, and friend (one assumes all were known to Chang only through Torricelli) at a Christmas gathering in Torricelli's house.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-hayward093002.asp (1686 words)

	CNN.com
		Torricelli is expected to speak to reporters in just about one hour, and we are told that he will announce he is pulling the plug on his campaign.
		Again, that's the spin so far, and that would suggest, Torricelli trying to show that he is bigger, you know, that the party is bigger than this and that he's not the monster that even Democrats paint him as.
		Torricelli's exit from the race five weeks before the midterm elections would be a stunning turn in the Democrats' battle to maintain control of the Senate.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/30/ip.00.html (7529 words)

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		Both senators Bob Packwood (R-Ore.) and Bob Torricelli (D-N.J.) were dogged for three years with ethics questions, from 1992 to 1995 for Packwood and 1999 to 2002 for Torricelli.
		With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, Democrat Bob Torricelli of NJ today suddenly dropped his reelection bid, dogged by ethics charges and sliding in the polls.
		BOB TORRICELLI (D-N.J.): It is the most painful thing I have ever done in my life.
	www.ratherbiased.com /torricelli_bob.htm (1341 words)

	Born to Run
		Bob Torricelli was a classic career politician -- in both the good and the greedy sense.
		Betty Torricelli, a fierce New Dealer, used to drive her young son Robert from the comfort of their Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, home into the gamier neighborhoods of New York City to show him the squalor in which the other half lived.
		To be sure, there was another Torricelli, who courageously took on the CIA over Guatemala and led the fight against a pandering anti-flag-burning amendment, and who fought for his state.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/politics/n_7811 (606 words)

	OpinionJournal - PEGGY NOONAN
		Torricelli's people did not put out an advance text of the speech, to the extent there was one, so TV and radio producers didn't know when to cut to the speech and show the withdrawal.
		Torricelli made good use of the time, presenting reality as he wished it to be understood.
		The day Bob Torricelli entered the Senate he lifted the lid of his new desk to see whose names were there: "Hubert Humphrey's name, and Fulbright, and Wayne Morse." The old liberal giants.
	www.opinionjournal.com /forms/printThis.html?id=110002381 (1863 words)

	Weasel Of The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bob Torricelli, Democratic Senator from New Jersey was on one of the Sunday morning BS fests this past weekend along with Republican Mitch McConnell.
		Torricelli should have done to McConnell what any self-respecting wrestler would have done: body-slammed the miserable son of a bitch.
		Torricelli and McConnell did what no professional wrestler would ever do--they dropped their guard on camera, in front of the marks.
	www.crankymediaguy.com /backissues/2000/w062000.html (771 words)

	Sen. Torricelli Played Key Role in Closing Down CIA Ops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Later, Torricelli was criticized in a committee report for having compromised American intelligence-gathering abilities around the world, adding that numerous CIA sources had decided to stop giving information for fear they would be outed by a congressman.
		Still, Torricelli efforts paid off with the Clinton administration, which moved to ban the use of spies or the recruitment of spies that had any involvement with criminals or terrorists.
		Torricelli has been in the news recently because of a federal investigation into bribery allegations against him.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2001/9/17/162056.shtml (979 words)

	Liberals Believe It's Time To Change The Rules Of Game -- 10/02/2002
		What Bob Torricelli did is bad enough, accepting lots and lots of cash and expensive items such as a grandfather clock, 52-inch TV set, and Italian suits from a businessman.
		Torricelli may have fancied himself to be a reformer and relied upon that self-justification to rationalize his corruption, but he is nothing more than a two-bit crook -- albeit a well dressed one.
		Torricelli's party does bend the rules to win ballot placement for a replacement, then that will more than likely lead to a court case, possibly going all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200210\COM20021002d.html (1454 words)

	Eagleton Centers and Programs
		This public flogging of Torricelli appears to have increased considerably within 48 hours of Senator Jeffords’ party switch, creating an impression, true or false, that this White House and the Justice Department intends to use the criminal justice processes to retake the Senate.
		Torricelli's lawyers opposed the request, arguing that the release of the letter would violate the court rules ensuring the secrecy of grand jury proceedings.
		Torricelli said the two had lost their “credibility.” For their part the Times reporters snickered over the phone lines at the senator’s comments.
	www.eagleton.rutgers.edu /e-gov/e-2002senate7.htm (1485 words)

	Apologizing 101 - S. Adubato
		The Torricelli debacle in many ways is not about politics but rather about what people expect of their leaders, be they in government, business or the non-profit sector.
		Bob Torricelli is an excellent communicator and a compelling public speaker, but apparently he and other high profile figures such as Tyco's Dennis Koslowski, Enron's Ken Lay, or even Lizzie Grubman haven't figured out how important the truth is when things go wrong.
		Technically, Senator Torricelli doesn't have the authority to release the transcripts from the Ethics Committee.
	www.caucusnj.org /adubato/starledger/apologizing101.asp (509 words)

	Torricelli moves quickly to make the race about Forrester, not himself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Torricelli began criticizing Forrester's prescription drug management business on the evening of the primary vote, while Forrester used his own victory speech to criticize Torricelli's ethics.
		Torricelli may have denied Forrester any bounce in the polls from his primary victory by immediately attacking the source of the Republican businessman's wealth, BeneCard, a New Jersey-based prescription drug benefit management company.
		Torricelli had paid more attention to the legalities of the financing of his own campaign, seven people would not have been convicted, he wouldn't have had to spend hundreds of hours raising millions of dollars for his legal defense fund," said Pascoe.
	www.politicsnj.com /Murphy061702_USSENATE.htm (995 words)

	The Trentonian - Torch has eyes on State House prize
		Torricelli said he will run only if he decides the state party will heal its geographic and personal divisions and unite around him.
		Torricelli said he believes 16 to 18 of the state's 21 county Democratic organizations will unite behind his candidacy -- an ambitious expectation, given McGreevey's long-running efforts to seal up county support.
		Torricelli made a splash immediately upon joining the Senate by casting a deciding vote to help Democrats defeat a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even though he had campaigned in favor of one.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=653521&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551 (781 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Why Torricelli Crashed and Burned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Torricelli couldn't change the debate over whether or not he was a crook.
		Torricelli and who is the prospect many Democrats believe has the most star power – had taken himself out of contention, senior Senate Democrats said.
		Torricelli's Democratic colleagues had privately expressed anger that in their view he had frittered away what was a safe Senate seat – and that his fortunes could cost their party control of the Senate."
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A26395-2002Oct1?language=printer (2304 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		SHIELDS: It seems though, Bob, that what's being suggested here is that what has been branded as sort of soft-headed, bleeding-heart nation building, of actually helping people build their own country, educate their children, cure disease and ignorance is now the endorsed policy of the Bush administration.
		Bob Torricelli and the GANG will be back with anthrax shutting down the U.S. House, but not the Senate.
		O'BEIRNE: It is, Bob, of course, a repressive, undemocratic regime.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0110/20/cg.00.html (6441 words)

	A Senator's Intransigence- Reader's Write - Atlantic Highlands Herald - New jersey
		From 1982 to 1996 Bob Torricelli has been a seven term Congressman representing the 9th Congressional district, a district that is uniquely outstanding in terms of its economy, growth and of course wisdom.
		In 1996 Bob Torricelli was elected to represent the people of New Jersey as its other Senator and continues to serve till today.
		For a Senator like Bob Torricelli to have stooped to such a level with a constituent like David Chang whose relationship with him extended for so long and for him to claim that he made a mistake and did not know Chang that well enough till he got caught, is child’s play.
	www.ahherald.com /readers_write/2002/020829_intransigence.htm (1089 words)

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