Star Ledger Editorial Board Asks: Did Adler camp plant a fake candidate?

As we pointed out last week, a suspicious number of John Adler loyalists were instrumental in getting a third party candidate on the ballot in November – an insult to both the movement itself and the electorate as a whole that Adler claims to represent.

Today, the Star Ledger Editorial Board called out the Adler campaign as well:

Although the Adler campaign insists it is not behind DeStefano’s candidacy, longtime Adler supporters and donors signed DeStefano’s petition to get on the ballot.

“No staff member on John Adler’s campaign has contacted Peter DeStefano or his campaign,” Adler campaign manager Geoff Mackler said. That may be true. But campaigns can use free agents to do dirty work, too.

Stacking a race is an old political ploy — often legal, but always sleazy. Whether it’s a race for a Senate seat in South Carolina or a congressional seat in New Jersey, voters shouldn’t be insulted by campaign strategies used to get elected fifth-grade class president.

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