Ok Mr. Ortiz

Bob- value your county committee. Make these guys earn it.

They'll get the line but At least pretend... your CC has value.

Endorse who you want..but don't promise anything -thats how you got into a fix in District 40. Learn from your mistakes.

Not a ticket that can win come November.

Pio Costa is a joke and Brizzi has already lost for freeholder. He'll have to explain that monstrosity he's building called a police station for $12m (35,000 square feet) in the height of a recession along with the huge tax increase homeowners in ER will get socked with in 09.

It will be tough to be against Xanadu when his town is accepting PILOTS's and who knows where he stands on EnCap.

Nevertheless, they will be competitive because of the political environment.

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Demsanddonts its quite obvious you never ran for anything.

Brizzi only had a narrow loss in his Freeholder race because of ballot positioning. As Republican Candidates know running for Freeholder
in Bergen is the toughest job in politics.

As for Carmen let him run. Practice many many times makes perfect.
Its very easy for the demsanddonts and allrights to throw stones from the sidelines they never have to do the hard work.

Are you for real?

What happened? Donovan printed his name in invisible ink?

This isn't Hudson. Bergen voters know how to ticket split. Look at last year's results for clerk and freeholder.

Running for freeholder is only tough if you spend your time as a Republican going door to door in Englewood or Fair Lawn. The fact is you only need to win 28 towns to get elected (see Vernon Walton).

Listen, did that sign that used to hang on Alexanders fall on your head?

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sounds great in theory . Everyone knows that district 37 has been the problem for years. Why do you think that last years Freeholder top vote getter Calabrese is not running again in that race this year? Answer is he knows how difficult it is there for any Republican.

This truly shows Scott Rumana has no power or original thought whatsoever!

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here is why ? They are both committed time, money and energy to the cause. We don't see many folk from district 36 knocking down the doors of the BCRO begging to be on the line. If Demsanddonts wants the job so bad , yes he should run too. Why not ? Better still he should run for Bergen County Freeholder and we can give him a Free Map of Ft Lee so that he can walk with us. Better still last years candidates can give him a map of Hackensack telling him exactly where the Freeholders had their booth at last years street fair. Yes my vote is with Demsanddonts he seems to have all the answers.

Just when I thought the BCRO was really dumb, a trap door semms to open only to slide further into political irrelevance!

Street fairs in Hackensack?

Are you joking?

Why would a Republican even campaign in a city in which Obama got 70% of the vote?

Why do Republicans have a county headquarters in Hackensack versus a GOP stronghold like Ramsey, Midland Park or Hasbrouck Heights?

With a last name like Calabrese, why didn't he just have signs made that said, "Bring back Calabrese" and plaster them all over East Bergen?

The GOP is obsessed with the "corruption" issue that's failed three times.

You run on property taxes, government waste and inefficiency. You target your message to the 40 or so GOP leaning towns and ignore the rest of the county.

Look at Donovan. She won because she worked absentee ballots big time. She got nearly 3,000 more absentee ballots than her GOP counterparts! Secondly she won because the Democrats did nothing except play defense and protect the three incumbents.

Why wasn't there a signal ad that talked about how McPherson was booted out of Rutherford because of EnCap or Ganz out of Fair Lawn?

Why wasn't there a series tabloids targeting Ganz, McPherson and Walton in their respective communities where they were vulnerable?

The race was very winnable and it was lost on a flawed message. Flawed messages result in flawed strategies.

The GOP has narrowed the margins and is poised for victory, but continue to run inept candidates like Duggan, Pio Costsa, etc...

How about a woman who's a councilperson somewhere?

How about people who have actually been elected to something as county candidates?

How about bringing back Dick Mola for starters?

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DemsandDonts you sound like a real MORON who never ran for dog catcher. All last years candidates worked their $ss off. Both Chris and Paul got over 170 k votes and the Dems spent a lot of $$$ to target the latter.

Without your help I might add. Furthermore candidates like you who give up on 37 and 38 will be doomed to fail. By the way check out the votes that Calabrese / Duggan got in Ridgewood and here in Paramus then tell us who is inept.

dont worry about dems/donts they are the bitter people who want to poison the atmosphere for the newer candidates like P Costa / Duggan etc . This statement also shows a lot of ignorance while both are very nice guys Duggan proved twice that you can get within about 10/11000 votes. Not inept for a newcomer . Everyone knows that you cant really do a lot of door to door in a county race. Last years candidates did, I believe in S Bergen Woodridge etc. Anyway demsanddonts dont know theory and sure are clueless about practice, So suggestion to those candidates branded enept by unqualified idiots. Don't give up and dont let the bastards like dems/donts etc drag you down.

A new Haiku for Broy:

Awesome for Grenades
But When it is voting time
Close Don't Count for Shit

Stop carping on "getting real close." You sound like a real loser.

Sorry everybody, I almost missed that little nugget in Broy's post about "theory and practice." OMG, I was just LMAO imagining that Broy has a "theory" of something?!? What could this "theory" possible concern? And this "theory" is somehow been put into "practice" to generate . . .well, nothing but losses, amirite?

I would love to hear the "theory." I am guessing it is something like this: between licking Cardinale's boots and humoring Paul DiGaetano's gubernatorial ambitions Let's run nonsense ads about corruption, featuring a dude no average voter knows, who is not running for office, all the time ignoring or refusing to work with the incumbent County Clerk who has a solid track record of actually winning.

At the same time, throw in divisive intra-party fighting over the tone and verbage of the campaigns, poison all your own wells to ensure absolutely no grass-roots support so that door to door is impossible (as Broy admits) and spend all your money on a TV ad that no one saw. Oh, and also get some Freeholder candidates with no name recognition or ability to fundraise.

Was that the theory?

Or was that just the practice, Broy?

did you wipe Ortiz's semen off your cheek yet ? As they all said get a set of balls and run.

is a tough district for any candidate if Brizzi/ Costa get to work early after the primary and go door-to-door they may have a chance. However like most elections it depends on the momentum at the top of the ticket. They will need all the help they can get especially with all the mess in Rutherford right now.

New people don't offer their time and energy as candidates.
Why should any of the nice guys like Carmen, Paul and Chris ever want to run for anything again when they are savaged by mean spirited thugs like Ruiz and Deadbolts etc

why don't we all move up to districts 39 and 40 and run the easy races. Its easier than fighting in difficult elections in 36,37 and 38.
and County races.

another one who chants we need a win, we need a winner
what a crock of baloney.

Did you join Calabrese, Heller or Duggan last year. Go door to Door ?
Donate to any of them ? Did you even see or attend all 3 Freeholder debates. They did not give up on Hackensack, Cliffside Park, Fairlawn
or even Elmwood Park.

The only inept Republican is you you slimeball

is a student of history, from what I can glean from all of his/her's posts. I'm not from Bergen, but he/she seems to know what the deal is.

The Bergen Republicans have been out of power for over 6 years now. The Dems own districts 36, 37 and 38. You need to win your fair share of votes in these districts to win. The margins of 5-6 years ago in the Republican districts of 39 & 40 are not enough to win. So in order to get the votes in the liberal districts you must have either superior name recognition or work with democrats. The few brave candidates that ran county wide came up short. Not that they were bad candidates. Politicial science 101 and the top Republican pollsters and consultants will tell you that you need $$$ and superior name recognition. Winning is all about the organization. The last election that the Republicans came close was in 2005. Then in 2007 and last year. There is no quick fix in Bergen. There is no super candidate that can bring it all to the table all at once. Demsanddonts calling candidates that won huge in conventions and primaries inept is bogus.

He is most likley another lawyer or contractor looking for the job he had in the golden years of Pat Schuber 

your county Committee picks your candidates
some of you hate them, dont support them and then tear them to shreds on this website. No wonder why you always lose .

Its Funny,but true. Do you ever see us do that ? NO because we are a team

I apologize to the neophytes who think attending debates and fighting the good fight is honorable.

It is.

But it has nothing to do with winning.

In politics and campaigns, all that matters is winning.

You don't see the Democrats trying to win in 40 do you?

Do you think Kasparian is going to invest a cent in 39 in this cycle?

For the GOP to win, it starts with real candidates.

Duggan and Pio Costa are probably nice guys. But they can't win. They have no political resume. Can't raise a nickel. Don't know the issues and can't persuade.

They lack the tenets of a successful campaign.

For the Republicans to win in 36, Paul DiGaetano announces he's the candidate and it virtually clears the field.

At the county level, I agree that Calabrese should try again. O'Brien and Walton are very weak and the Dems won't have half of what they spent last year.

If you want to be a freeholder, this is the year to run in Bergen. No question about it.

But stop with the platitudes and the phony rhetoric of those who have never won and don't know how to win.

PS: Because you can't win doesn't mean it isn't possible.

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Pio Costa and the Irishman wow what an explanation.

Pio Costa can raise money. Furthermore look at the results for
Mahwah, Ridgewood and Ramsey in the county race. Maybe Paul should move up there and run in district 39 or 40. He would win. But
he is a team player like Woichech in Bergenfield.
They are here for the team and not for the quick win.

Suggest that you move to bergen and run yourself

I must admit I dont know Pio Costa very well. I wish him luck.

However I do know Chris and I do know Paul. I hope Chris wins this year and I applaud Paul for trying. To say he does not know the issues is a sign of ignorance. You may want to read the Charlie Stile column about him and ask yourself why the Dems spent money to go after him.

He was the only true conservative in the race . He was the only one to answer a question on Illegals in Bergen county. The other were clueless on how Local and county Gov can use help offered by the feds. Yea Debates and policy do matter maybe Christie or Lonegan should use him as a stand in.

Or maybe he should run for congress in his district at least he campaigns

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