Winners

Losers

JOSEPH HAYDEN & GERALD KROVATIN

No economic downturn in New Jersey's criminal defense industry. The lawyers for Joe Ferriero and Dennis Oury are getting plenty of work these days.

JOSEPH FERRIERO & DENNIS OURY

As Rob Tornoe's cartoon implied: stick a fork in them, they're done!

Christopher Christie

The corruption-busting U.S. Attorney gets indictments #129 and #130.

THE STAR-LEDGER

New Jersey's largest newspaper, facing severe financial problems, hasn't found enough newsroom employees to take a buyout -- and had no Associated Press content on Thursday.

Leonard Lance

If he's going to be attacked as a Bush clone anyway, why not enjoy the financial benefits of the President's support? And a Stender poll has him in a statistical dead heat.

Dale Florio

The Somerset County GOP Chairman looks bad after a Republican Councilman from Bridgewater, running for Congress as an Independent, is at 9% in a Democratic poll.

Gary Schaer

The Assemblyman from Passaic County (also the Acting Mayor of Passaic) is the new Chairman of the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee.

RON O'MALLEY

The BCIA Chairman thought he'd be Joe Ferriero's successor, but he got screwed.

Bob Yudin

Joe Ferriero's indictment puts the Bergen County GOP Chairman in striking range of three Republican Freeholders.

DICK ZIMMER

The GOP candidate for U.S. Senate trails by 11 points -- 46%-35%.