Garrett "should...be in significant trouble"

It comes as no surprise that Representative Scott Garrett is garnering special attention from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for the 2008 race (Presidential campaigns aren't the only ones that start a year early). This comes from The Hill:

In the state’s 5th district, Republican Rep. Scott Garrett should, by all traditional measures, be in significant trouble heading into 2008.

Garrett won last year with 55 percent of the vote, and a consultant familiar with the district said he has continued to be successful largely because of historically Republican Bergen County, part of which Garrett represents.

The problem, or problems, for Garrett lie in a county GOP that was once consolidated and strong, but in recent years has fallen into near-total disarray — the Rothenberg Report recently noted the party’s county headquarters was padlocked earlier this year because of failure to pay rent.

The phones at the county headquarters are apparently disconnected; repeated calls to the number listed on its website were met with an operator’s message.

That “collapse,” as the consultant put it, could lead to a primary challenge for Garrett, opening the door to an early-funded Democrat riding the strength of a county Democratic Party that has grown in influence.

With all the loathing for Garrett I heard from Republicans while I was campaigning, I'm sure the consultant quoted is already talking to someone interested in taking Garrett on in the primary.