Recent Posts from The Back Room

Roseman back with legislative campaign team

Former Senate Democrats Communications Director Derek Roseman, who left the office earlier this year, is back in state politics and will be working for the legislative campaign team.

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Buono hits The Last Word tonight

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono is scheduled to appear on MSNBC's The Last Word tonight.

 

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CWA stages day of action against Christie civil service plan

Members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) today will protest what they say is Governor Chris Christie’s wrongheaded plan to overhaul Civil Service, including the elimination of the current system of merit-based promotions.

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Buono's Facebook gets a settings update

Gubernatorial hopeful Barbara Buono apparently prefers not to have positive comments about the governor she hopes to unseat posted on her Facebook page.

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Christie supporters flood Buono campaign's Facebook page

Social media can be a useful tool for political candidates, but like any other campaign strategy, it can also have its pitfalls.

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Roque reaches out to Sacco

A foe of state Sen. Nick Sacco's (D-32), embattled West New York Mayor Felix Roque, attended Sacco's fundraiser yesterday in an attempt to forge peace with the North Bergen godfather.

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Ammunition clip restriction not part of Senate gun control package

A bill that would limit the size of an ammunition clip to 10 rounds will not be part of the Senate gun control package introduced today, according to a source familiar with the legislation.

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Christie campaign snags endorsement of N.J. GOP congressional delegation

Gov. Chris Christie picked up the endorsements of New Jersey’s congressional Republican delegation, the governor’s re-election campaign announced Thursday.

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Let 'em eat steak

Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo is in the campaign of his life.

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One NJ releases second anti-Christie commercial

Liberal advocacy group One NJ has released its second commercial attacking the record of Gov. Chris Christie.

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Buono officially chooses O'Donnell

ATLANTIC CITY – The Democratic Party’s presumptive gubernatorial nominee officially tapped Jason O’Donnell as chairman of the state party.

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Op-Ed

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 >

Contributors

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Quote of the Day

Quote of the day

“You represent the grit and tenacity that make Jersey City special. Thank you for believing in this great American experiment called democracy.” - Jersey City Mayor-elect Steve Fulop, to supporters at his victory party last night.

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Poll

Grade Assemblyman John Wisniewski's chairmanship of the Democratic Committee
A. He was fearless; an attack dog and relentless party organizer
5%
B. Wiz was good, but not great.
14%
C. He was fair. I got tired of all the emails.
19%
D. Barely passing marks for an uninspiring leader
29%
F. He seemed more in it for himself than the Democratic Party
33%

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