Woody Johnson, the Jets' owner, said in late 2000, "It's going to take everybody thinking it's a good idea: Republicans, Democrats, people living on the West Side and the East Side, upstate, New Jersey."
Although some might have been persuaded, the Jets never found a consistent argument that the stadium would be a win-win proposition, then found themselves needing to react repeatedly to Cablevision's relentless news-media blitz.
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