Author: Darryl.Isherwood
Christie grabs another $950k in air time
Gov. Chris Christie has purchased another $950,000 in television air time, according to a source familiar with the buy.
The campaign will continue running its current advertisement, a 30-second spot taking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono to task for her tax record, for the near future, the source said.
Read More >Sweeney tees off on Buono campaign over chairman's choice
The state's highest elected Democrat had harsh words last night for the presumptive party gubernatorial nominee, her top lieutenant and the new chairman of the state party.
Senate President Steve Sweeney lashed out at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono for her choice of Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell to head the state party. Sweeney said O'Donnell will simply be a puppet for former state party Chairman Joe Cryan, who is a top advisor to Buono and an O'Donnell ally. Both men were involved late last year in a failed attempt to overthrow the Assembly speaker.
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Buono to name O'Donnell party chairman tonight
State Sen. Barbara Buono, the presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, tonight will name Jason O'Donnell as chairman of the state party, according to a high level source in the Buono camp.
Buono will name the Hudson County Assemblyman at the state party's dessert reception, which is part of the annual conference in Atlantic City.
Read More >Can Governor Christie Have his Cake and Eat it too?
Chris Christie's recent "Lab Band" weigh-loss surgery scoop remains the talk of the nation.
Read More >Can Governor Christie Have his Cake and Eat it too?
Chris Christie's recent "Lab Band" weigh-loss surgery scoop remains the talk of the nation.
Read More >Bucco appeals to Sweeney on landfill closure
State Sen. Anthony Bucco yesterday appealed to Senate President Steve Sweeney to allow a hearing to go forward Monday on a bill that would provide for the closing of a Morris County landfill.
The bill was among those pulled off Monday's committee agendas in what sources close to the Senate President say was relatiation against Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr.
“Yesterday’s order by the Senate President directly keeps dozens of suffering local families and hundreds of area school students at risk,” Bucco said. “I'm concerned with protecting the people of this area from this hazardous situation."
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Sweeney to Buono: O'Donnell as state chairman would divide the party
Just before Senate President Steve Sweeney and presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Barbara Buono entered a Gloucester fundraiser hosted by Sweeney Tuesday, the two party leaders sat down for a meeting to discuss the impeding appointment of a new state party chairman.
Buono and her surrogates have told Democrats they are close to naming Hudson County Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell to replace outgoing chairman John Wisniewski.
But the pick has received pushback from some Democrats owing to O'Donnell's participation in a failed overthrow of Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver late last year.
According to a source familiar with the meeting, Sweeney told Buono O'Donnell was a poor choice to be party chairman and would further divide an already factionalized party. According to the source, Sweeney told Buono the pick was hers, but stressed that it should be someone other than O'Donnell.
Read More >NJ gets an "F" in outside expenditure reporting
A recent study from the Center for Public Integrity gave New Jersey a failing grade for its disclosure of campaign spending by outside groups.
The group focused on spending by super PACs, nonprofits and other outside groups, grading all 50 states on their respective disclosure requirements.
New Jersey was one of 26 states to receive a failing grade.
Read More >Kean blasts Sweeney on 'allowing his emotions' to get in the way of good policy
Sen. Tom Kean Jr. responded this afternoon to the Senate president’s decision to hack all GOP-sponsored bills out of the Senate agenda.
Kean said Senate President Steve Sweeney is allowing his emotions to get in the way of good policy.
Read More >Sweeney cuts all GOP bills from Senate agenda in Kean retaliation
Senate President Steve Sweeney has slashed all GOP-introduced bills from next Monday's committee agendas in retaliation for what he and others in the upper chamber say was a cheap political maneuver by Sen. Tom Kean Jr.
According to three sources familiar with Sweeney's actions, the Senate president's move is payback for Kean's blocking of a procedural maneuver on the Senate floor Monday that would have allowed a vote on Sweeney's bill strengthening background checks for gun purchasers.
Instead, the bill won't be voted on until the Senate's next voting session on May 30.
Read More >The Back Room
I got you babe...
Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Barbara Buono today released an internet ad featuring cameos from a couple of Bono's and a Cuomo.
Read More >Wake-Up Call
Morning News Digest - May 21, 2013
Christie no longer ‘Today’ show cohost Gov. Chris Christie is no longer scheduled to co-host an hour of the TODAY show, rather the incumbent governor seeking re-election in the fall will sit down “for an extended interview,” according to the program’s spokeswoman. New Jersey’s governor was originally slated to...
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Time to have the talk we hope to avoid but can’t
By Tedford J. Taylor No topic is a less likely conversation-starter than our eventual deaths. Still, there is a lot to talk about. When polled, about 90 percent of people presented with end-of-life scenarios prefer the prospect of dying at home with... Read More >
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"The frustration is she might as well have named Joe Cryan her choice for state party chair because Jason O'Donnell is simply a beard for Joe Cryan." - State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3).
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