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Speaking at the Unitarian Church in Montclair on Monday night, Sen. Nia Gill says many women would not be in positions of power without the pioneering example of Sen. Hillary Clinton.

West Orange Obama Precinct Captain Bryn Wittle continues to organize three weeks before Feb. 5th New Jersey presidential primary.

Sen. Hillary Clinton volunteer backs up her candidate at the Bluewave caucus on Tuesday in the Unitarian Church in Montclair.

Bluewave volunteer Ana Maria Cardenas collects ballots in the Unitarian Church Tuesday night in Montclair.Barack Obama won a big victory at the BlueWaveNJ straw poll tonight, receiving 170 votes (41%) against 99 for Hillary Clinton (24%) and 94 for John Edwards (23%).  Dennis Kucinich received 30 votes (7%).  Seventeen voters were undecided.

Speaking to a Unitarian Church crammed with members of the progressive Montclair Democratic organization, Newark Mayor Cory Booker represented Obama, while State Sen. Nia Gill spoke for Clinton, State Sen. Joseph Vitale for Edwards, and North Jersey activist Stuart Hutchison for Kucinich.

During the question and answer session, which was moderated by veteran Newsweek journalist Jonathan Alter, Booker and Gill traded shots as representatives of the two presidential frontrunners. 

Gill sought to amplify Clinton's basic argument that she is more experienced than Obama.

"If you do not control the apparatus of government, your ideas are over here and government is over here," said the Montclair-based senator and trial attorney. 

At a local Starbucks, Christine says she's going to vote for the Arizona senator.

Ocean County Freeholder John Kelly 

Ocean County Freeholder Jack Kelly today officially entered the race for U.S. Congress, and presented himself as a pro-life, tough on terror, fiscal conservative who would serve the entire 3rd district.

A six-term freeholder running in the half of the 3rd district that has never had a congressman, Kelly said the press would continue to depict the GOP primary war he plans to wage against Medford Mayor Chris Myers as a county versus county showdown.

In Journal square, four men say thumbs up to Clinton over Obama, but like the latter as vice president.

In Jersey City's Journal Square, pedestrians walking in opposite directions are eye to eye on their presidential choices.

Edwards feels no love in Journal Square on Saturday.

For this woman, it's down to Clinton... or Obama.