Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Good news, not bad, plays well with voters in election year, according to political scientists.
New Jersey faces a major long-term fiscal crisis that it should deal with now, but don't look for political leaders from either party to even talk about the problem seriously until at least 2017, political scientists agree. "There's the reality of the numbers and the reality of the political situation," said Ben Dworkin, director of Rider University's Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics. "The numbers are daunting. Even after the recent reforms, we are still talking about tens of billions of dollars needed for pension and retiree health benefits." But candidates know that "the more optimistic you are, the more likely you are to win," Dworkin said. "That's why we're far more likely to do nothing than something in the near future." …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Even with backing of both teachers unions, Buono faces challenge to articulate how she differs from Christie.
It's taken a while, but Gov. Chris Christie’s aggressive school reform agenda -- and the Democrats’ counter to it -- could be emerging as a big issue in the 2013 gubernatorial election. Christie’s very public involvement in the public schools -- especially in some of the state’s most troubled districts -- has been one of the hallmarks of his education agenda for the past three-and-a-half years. To recap some of the governor's political -- and personal -- initiatives: appointing a reform-minded superintendent in Newark, and playing a large role in hammering out a new teachers contract there; opposing Abbott v. Burke school-equity decisions; pushing for private school vouchers; blocking the surrender of state control in both Newark and …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
NJ jobless rate higher than national average and neighboring states still a vulnerability for Christie.
With New Jersey’s governor’s race already in general-election mode, last week’s 0.2 percent dip in the state unemployment rate to 9.3 percent drew immediate partisan responses. Charles Steindel, Gov. Chris Christie’s chief economist, gushed that the “solid” month continued “the general, upward trend of growth and progress established under the Christie administration.” Meanwhile, Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), Christie’s Democratic challenger, declared that “the fact that Gov. Christie’s administration calls this ‘another solid month,’ after losing 2,200 jobs in January, just shows how the governor is out of touch with reality." In actuality, the February drop continued a slow five-month improvement from a 35-year record-high …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Sen. Barbara Buono will hold a rally at New Brunswick High School on Saturday.
Sen. Barbara Buono has picked New Brunswick High School as the site to begin her campaign for state governor. At noon on Saturday, Feb. 2, Buono (D-Middlesex) will host "Rally for New Jersey's Future" at New Brunswick High School, 1000 Somerset St. Buono, a resident of Metuchen, has been a senator since 2002. In the last few years, she has locally campaigned for domestic violence victims, introduced legislation to transform foreclosed homes into affordable housing, and to approve charter schools through local voting, and voted in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey. She is believed to be the Democratic candidate to face Gov. Chris Christie in this year's gubernatorial election after being endorsed by …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Republican governor will join Middlesex County Republicans at their convention to be held in Woodbridge March 23.
Gov. Chris Christie just can't stay out of Woodbridge. Days after the announcement that the governor would be holding his kickoff re-election fundraiser in the township, word is now out that he will be the featured guest of the Middlesex County GOP's Convention in March. That will be held at the Royal Albert Palace on King Georges Post Road on the border of Edison and the Fords section of Woodbridge on March 23. The convention is held so Republican delegates can hear speeches, evaluate candidates, and nominate their choices for the 2013 elections. And the big one this year will be the gubernatorial campaign, where Christie, a Republican, will be running to retain his seat in Trenton. The list of possible Democratic candidates against …
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8:33 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Christie has been trying in part to address the fiscal problems. But he nor any other governor can do it alone. the problem is everyone agrees that cuts need to be made. but nobody is willing to accept a cut. It should always be some other dept that gets cut. And has anyone noticed when cuts are made. The way they are implemented are done so in a way that mostly effects the areas that can be used… more ›