NEW YORK

Gerald Benjamin
Political scientist and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science
State University of New York at New Paltz
Christopher Malone
Associate professor of Political Science
Pace University (New York City)
Jay Jochnowitz
State editor
The Albany Times-Union
Donn Esmonde
Columnist
The Buffalo News
Maurice Carroll
Director, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

NEW JERSEY

Ingrid Reed
Policy Analyst and New Jersey Project Director
Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
Peter Woolley
Professor of comparative politics and executive director of The PublicMind
Fairleigh Dickinson University

MASSACHUSETTS

Dorie Clark
Clark Strategic Communications
Somerville, Mass.
Frank Talty
Professor of Political Science
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Michael Widmer
President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation

CONNECTICUT

Gary Rose
Chairman of the Department of Government and Politics
Sacred Heart University
Kevin Rennie
Columnist
The Hartford Courant
Howard L. Reiter
Department Head, Political Science
University of Connecticut, Storrs

DELAWARE

Sam Hoff,
Professor; History, Political Science and Philosophy Department
Delaware State University:
Joseph Pika
Professor, Dept.of Political Science and International Relations
University of Delaware
Priscilla Rakestraw
Republican National Committeewoman for Delaware
Bob Benenson, Jessica Benton Cooney, Greg Giroux, Rachel Kapochunas and Marie Horrigan contributed to this report.