"Democrats for Kean": we didn't say we'll vote for him

I guess it's another coincidence that they just happened to be there?

The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate appeared alongside two people identified as "Democrats for Kean" yesterday in an effort to show he can attract voters of both parties. Trouble is, Tom Kean Jr. might not get the vote of either one.

Daisy Vega, a member of the parents' group Families United for Students of Elizabeth, said she was a lifelong registered Democrat who has never voted Republican. She said she had not yet made up her mind whether to vote for Kean or his Democratic opponent, Sen. Robert Menendez, on Nov. 7, be fore adding, "I've never crossed over before."

The other "Democrat for Kean," former Elizabeth Councilman Bob Jaspan, said he, too, had not yet decided whom to vote for in the Senate race. He said he "was asked to attend and say a few words about my feelings on corruption. I did not know the label of the press conference."