Amid rumors of departure to Christie cabinet, DeCroce re-elected minority leader

So... DeCroce has been in the Assembly for 20 years. If he now takes a Cabinet job, and stays for three years... he retires with a State pension at 23/55 of a Cabinet officer's salary (currently $141,000), or $63,145/year. Not bad for three years' full-time service.

Alex is savvy about the NJDOT from his years on the Transportation Committee. He should:
1. stop NJDOT from buying any more small plane airports (it already owns 2) and shut down the entire Aviation Unit.
2.shut down Traffic Operations and transfer its personnel back to highway maintenance and project engineering
3. shut down its Maritime Bureau.

If in fact DeCroce moves to the cabinet, both minority leaders would be from the same district.

the cabinet job and watch the fun in the 21st. Perfect fun for the Holidays!

Clarkvip - ready with hot cider and snacks?

NJDOT needs to refocus on its core mission -- rebuilding and upkeep of highways. If the Governor-Elect wants to show he is serious about reducing the size of gov't, NJDOT is a prime place to start -- Aviation, Maritime, Traffic Operations units should be shut down and its employees put back to patching potholes and designing repair projects. Come on, Alex, you know what needs to be done.

Making excuses is what you call success? We all know what is wrong, but the idea is to fix it. I worked hard for some candidates and they lost because in some areas there ARE NO GOP COMMITTEES! Whose fault is that? We lost 2 seats in 2007 so your math is wrong, and we picked up one seat Tuesday while the New Governor wins by 100K. I would bet that's never happened before. I am sorry but that’s not a successful assembly election, and with all due respect let’s gives a new person a shot. BTW what is you definition of success? Picking up one seat this year and losing two seats 2 years ago? Enjoy the Governor victory, but please don't say our assembly leader did a good job, politics is a result business and excuses for losing are a dime a dozen. Holding to the seats we have is about all he did, and that's not good enough.

As was mentioned, you need to check your facts. We won seats in 2007. Declan O'Scanlon took out that weiny Mike Panter and District 2 came home. I think we also won a seat in 2005 when Jen Beck beat Dr. Bob Morgan. (2005 might have been a break even year, can't remember).

Your analysis also shows a fundamental lack of understanding on two points. First, the fact that Christie won by 100000 votes doesn't mean we should pick up lots of seats. Huge pluralities in Ocean and Monmouth for Christie don't translate into seats in Essex. That being said, you've made the same argument that the current map disproves - the party with the most votes will control the legislature. This simply isn't the case. However, you're in good company if you consider that Democrat shill Larry Bartels good company. As the 11th member of the redistricting commission Bartels claimed when drawing the current unconstitutional map that the party receiving the most votes statewide, even with built in incumbency protection, would eventually control the legislature by the end of the decade. Like most of what came out of Bartels mouth, that has  proven to have been as valid a theory as global warming. I mean climate change. I mean global cooling. Oh nevermind, you get the idea.

Instead of complaining about Alex, how about thanking him for a job well done in the face of a map that from the outset made it nearly impossible for him to pick up anything. Moreover, that he repeatedly picked up seats despite a fundraising deficit (not his fault) is remarkable.  So just say thank you and be on your way.

You must be delusional. When you make excuses for losing in politics thats a loser.

In case you forgot, politics is performace business and picking up one seat in the assembly is a poor performance.

BTW, what did you do to help?
I stood with my assembly candidates in my district at least 7 times, I didn't see DeCroce here once.