Political insiders won’t want to miss this weekend’s political programming on NJN.

State Senate candidates Nicholas Asselta and Jeff Van Drew will appear together on “On the Record” with Michael Aron. The show will air on Sunday at 9 and 11 am, and Monday at 6:30 am.

Tonight at 6:30 PM, you can catch PoliticsNJ.com’s Matt Friedman on “Reporters Roundtable,” along with David Chen of the New York Times, Cynthia Burton of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Dustin McNichol of the Star-Ledger.  The panel will discuss several topics including the Clean Elections program and the 12th district state Senate contest.  The show will repeat on Sunday at 10 AM.

New Jereyan Larry Cirignano, a former New Jersey political operative who has run Catholic Citizenship, an issue advocacy group that opposes Abortion and gay marriage, is currently on trial in Massachusetts. He is accused of assaulting a protester at a Worcester, MA rally against civil unions last December. Cirignano, who was an aide to the late Congressman Dean Gallo (a pro-choice Republican), allegedly shoved the protester, Sarah Loy, and knocked her to the ground. Yesterday, a state Judge dropped a civil right charge against Cirignano.

The Press of Atlantic City has endorsed Republican Vince Polistina and Democrat Blondell Spellman for State Assembly in the hotly contested second district race. "Polistina is a fresh, welcome newcomer to the political scene whom we can endorse without reservation. With reservation ... Blondell Spellman is our second choice," the editorial said. READ