October 27, 2008 Contact: Tim Saler (856) 361-8989

For Immediate Release

Glading Sweeps Major
Newspaper Endorsements

First Republican candidate in decades
to be endorsed for 1st District by major papers

BARRINGTON - Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey's 1st District, made a clean sweep of the major newspapers in the 1st District offering endorsements in this year's race for Congress.

First, the Courier-Post, then the Philadelphia Inquirer, and finally the Gloucester County Times endorsed Glading. It is the first time in decades that a Republican candidate has received any, much less all, of the major newspaper endorsements in a race for Congress in the 1st District.

"Again, I am so humbled to have received the support of these respected newspapers and their editorial boards," Glading said. "It is a testament to the fact that my campaign represents a clean break from so much that has gone wrong down in Washington."

"The voters of the 1st District, like voters all across the country, are fed up with the wasteful spending, big and intrusive government, and, frankly, our prolonged involvement in the war in Iraq," Glading continued. "Just as they are ready to move on from President Bush's record in those respects, they are ready to move on from Congressman Andrews' abysmal – and tarnished – record as well."

"This is shaping up to be an historic election," Glading remarked. "People are ready for a change, and they know that you can't keep sending the same people down to Washington time and time again, expecting different results. Rob Andrews isn't part of the solution; he's part of the problem."

"I can't tell you how many times I've encountered voters at the more than 24,000 doors I've knocked on since August 1st who told me that they are voting out every incumbent on the ballot this year," Glading concluded. "It's about time we got some fresh blood down in Washington. Everybody agrees Washington is broken, and we need some new people down there to fix it. Congress didn't just happen to get a 12 percent approval rating – they earned it."

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