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Van Drew backs Sweeney in state chair debacle
Like Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3), state Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-1) wanted another choice for state party chair - and remains hopeful of a change.
"You really should have a chair that unites the party," said Van Drew. "I wish we could have reached consensus."
Presumptive Democratic nominee for Governor state Sen. Barbara Buono chose Assemblyman O'Donnell (D-31) to serve as state party chair.
A firefighter married to a school teacher, O'Donnell strenuously resisted Sweeney's public worker pension and benefits overhaul championed by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
The issue revealed the deep divisions between so-called public and private unions.
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Buono Senior Advisor Currie to Democrats: stop the food-fighting and back Buono
John Currie, dean of the Democratic Party county chairs, said he gave his word to Barbara Buono that he would support her choice for state party chair and he won't back down.
As Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) continues to trash Buono's choice, Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D-31), Currie said Republican Gov. Chris Christie's laughing at the party and called on Democrats to stop the food-fighting.
"She (Buono) deserves the support of the entire party," said Currie, long-serving chairman of the Passaic Democratic Committee, and now a senior advisor to the Buono campaign.
Currie sees Buono as the only person who had the guts to run for governor and now Democrats must support her and her choice for party chair.
Read More >Three Healy candidates drop out of Jersey City Council runoff
Jersey City Council candidates Peter Brennan, Omar Perez and Jerry Meyers won't be on the ballot in the Jersey City runoff elections next month.
All three ran on the Team Healy ticket and all three bowed out of the second round.
Brennan and Perez ran as at-large candidates. Meyers ran for a Ward B seat.
Read More >Christie on Fulop: 'A bright and hard-working guy'
LAVALLETTE – Steve Fulop’s lopsided win over Jerry Healy in the Jersey City mayor’s race last week won’t impact the gubernatorial election, Gov. Chris Christie said today.
“I don’t see there being any implications for the governor’s race,” Christie said. “The fact is people in Jersey City wanted to make a change.”
Incumbent Healy was the only candidate for mayor in a field of four who announced his support for Christie’s opponent, state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18).
Fulop hasn’t endorsed Christie’s opponent and shows no signs right now of inserting himself into gubernatorial politics.
Read More >Christie gets into it with Associate Justice Albin
LAVALLETTE – Gov. Chris Christie today jabbed at Associate Barry Albin of the state Supreme Court over the justice’s remarks at the annual conference of the State Bar Association in Atlantic City.
“When one judge is punished for issuing an unpopular decision, other judges take notice and may be less inclined to invite controversy, perhaps at the expense of the fundamental rights of some disfavored group,” said Albin, as quoted by the Star-Ledger.
Christie famously banished Justice John Wallace from the court in 2010 instead of re-upping him, politically motivated decision, Albin suggested.
The governor punched back at the chief justice this morning.
Read More >Christie says Lavallette open for business
LAVALLETTE – Democrats are killing each other while Gov. Chris Christie embraces the Jersey Shore.
School children brandishing little American flags flocked to the boardwalk here, where Christie said he plans to prowl this beach and others all week to remind people they can come here this summer.
The ravages of Hurricane Sandy still abound: a house twisted off its foundation here, a storefront boarded up there, but “large sections don’t look a damn bit different” than they did pre-storm.
Read More >Fulop shows up in Atlantic City but says he's far from issuing gubernatorial endorsement
Days after winning the local election in Jersey City, Mayor-elect Steve Fulop could be seen at Bally's at the annual conference of Democrats.
His appearance turned heads in part because Fulop has yet to issue an endorsement for governor.
He cautioned against reading too much into his presence in AC.
Read More >Lesniak doesn't rule out succeeding DeFilippo as Union County Democratic Chair
In the developing back chatter among Union County Democrats about who should succeed outgoing County Democratic Chair Charlotte DeFilippo, the name of state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-20) surfaced in earnest this week.
Lesniak laughed at the suggestion at first, according to Democrats in the inner sanctum of Union power.
But he later warmed to the idea, exhilarated by his Democratic Primary, sources say.
Read More >Christie did Election Day robocall for Sandoval
His campaign released his first All-Spanish campaign commercial today, but Republican Gov. Chris Christie was already in the hunt for Latino votes on Election Day earlier this week.
The incumbent governor did a robocall for challenger Jose Sandoval (pictured), who lost to incumbent Passaic City Mayor Alex Blanco.
Read More >Christie criticizes Obama for lack of assertiveness in face of AP/IRS stories
BURLINGTON CITY – Gov. Chris Christie criticized President Barack Obama’s response to the AP phone records and IRS debacle.
The problem in part, in Christie’s view, appears to be a listless approach by the President.
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 20, 2013
Dems warn Christie will tack right if re-elected ATLANTIC CITY – Democratic Party officials came together in Southern Jersey Friday evening to rally behind the state lawmaker set to challenge Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Sen. Barbara Buono was surrounded in Atlantic City by top party officials who say it’s...
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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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