Look at some of the negative comments here towards Andrews; very few (not all) point to any genuinely convincing reason we New Jerseyans should support Lautenberg for one final term. Lautenberg's best years as a senator were in the 1980s, and he hasn't passed meaningful legislation or been active in the state for a while, despite being the senior senator.

With Andrews, we get a "policy wonk" who will know the ins and outs of health care legislation, particularly important with Pres. Obama's move for near-universal health care; we get someone who, despite originally erring on Iraq, has a real plan to get us out of that country responsibly; and we get someone who would work day and night for state issues (federal funding for N.J., federal support for environmental issues and open space funding, more federal support for higher ed in the state).

We can do better as a state than we're currently doing under Lautenberg. Andrews gives us a real opportunity for substantive policy change in Washington.