NJ Insiders: Booker Strongest Candidate Dems Can Field Against Christie
Patch's inaugural Blue Garden State survey asked influential state Democrats to weigh in with their thoughts on the Newark mayor.
New Jersey Democratic insiders believe Newark Mayor Cory Booker poses the strongest threat to Gov. Chris Christie in the 2013 gubernatorial election.
In Patch’s inaugural Blue Garden State survey, nearly 200 influential Democrats in the state were asked to weigh in with their thoughts on a potential Booker candidacy. The local leaders surveyed include state senators, mayors, town council members and local party chairs.
Of the 16 Democrats who responded to the survey, 68 percent agreed with the statement “Cory Booker would be the strongest Democratic candidate against Gov. Christie.” Some 31 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement.
Democratic insiders were also surveyed on their thoughts about statements Booker made in an appearance on Meet the Press in May. Booker criticized attacks on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s work with private equity firm Bain Capital by President Barack Obama’s campaign.
"I have to just say from a very personal level, I’m not about to sit here and indict private equity,” Booker said during his Meet the Press appearance. “To me, it’s just we’re getting to a ridiculous point in America. Especially that I know I live in a state where pension funds, unions and other people invest in companies like Bain Capital. If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. … This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. It’s nauseating to the American public. Enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity, stop attacking Jeremiah Wright."
Patch’s Blue Garden State survey asked Democrats whether or not they agreed with the statement “Cory Booker’s defense of bankers and Wall Street could hurt him with New Jersey liberals if he were to run for governor.” Of the 16 Democrats who answered the survey question, 31 percent agreed with the statement, while 69 percent disagreed with it.
The Blue Garden State survey posed a similar question regarding the impact of Booker’s statements on moderates. Of the 15 Democrats who responded to the survey, 73 percent agreed with the statement “Cory Booker’s defense of bankers and Wall Street could help him with New Jersey moderates if he were to run for governor.” Some 27 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement.
Earlier this summer, Patch invited Democratic and Republican state leaders to participate in regular surveys about their thoughts on national and statewide issues. These leaders include state Senators, mayors, town council members and local party chairs. To become an insider, email Mike Pignataro at mike@patch.com or Jacklyn Corley at jacklyn.corley@patch.com.
Kelly Guerra
2:36 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
200 surveys were sent and only 16 responded!!! That's not a very comprehensive poll. Of the 16 who responded only 68% (or 11 Democrats) felt he was a strong candidate for Governor! I wouldn't call that resounding support statewide! I would be curious to know who those supporters are...do they have the influence and/or money to push Booker past a tough campaigner like Christie?
eyes wide shut
2:56 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I think Christie's record will speak for itself. NJ Unemployment rate keeps going up. NJ taxes keep going up, the highest along side of NY and Conn. Major Companies keep bailing out of NJ ie: Hoffman LaRoche.
The Roche case shows that this formula is simplistic nonsense, and that there is much more to it. Note, first, that Roche had already moved its top executives and its sales and marketing operations to San Francisco, which has higher taxes than New Jersey. The work it now does in Nutley will move to Switzerland and Germany, two more places where taxes are higher than here.
These facts are not likely to penetrate the governor's conviction that lower taxes are the holy grail. President George W. Bush promised his tax cuts would create a jobs boom, and the strategy failed miserably, leaving behind only a mountain of debt. Now Mitt Romney promises more of the same. This stuff is baked into the GOP's DNA
Lets see, he has been in office as long as the President has and NJ goes backwards, why the country TRIES to go forward even with the NON support of the GOP Congress...Chris Christie, NJ & YOU perfect together??? WE think NOT
Bobby5000
5:04 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I liked Booker with his clean up the city, new approach, and enthusiasm. It was great that he tried to save someone in a fire. But he's done nothing for Newark. The State and federal government have poured over a billion dollars into the city and you still have a dangerous, crime-infested city with a horrible economy going nowhere.
Compare that with Giuliani's success. He came to New York with the city like American Gangster, prostitutes on 42nd street, heroin and drug traffickiong, weekly if not daily murders in Harlem, mob bosses dividing the city and now 20 years later, it is one of the leading cities in the world. Walk in midtown at 11 at night, it's safe, take your children to 42nd street, go to Harlem but don't think about buying a house there because they cost in the millions. Abandoned buildings, you don't see them anymore because real estate is at a premium and developers are looking for new properties.
It's not just Republicans. Bill Clinton did a wonderful job reducing the welfare system and balancing a budget. But Booker, other than being a nice guy with a lot of enthusiasm who happens to be Afro-American, I don't know what he's done.
BC Lib
10:01 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
@ Bobby 5000~ Guliani had the luxury of increasing the size of the NYPD whereas Booker has had to lay-off police officers as a result of a reduction in taxes forced upon the towns by Chris Christie. Booker is doing a great job in lieu of the reduction in force he has had to contend with.
Virgil Harris
2:57 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
eyes wide shut.. you have to be unarguably the dumbest son of a b**ch to ever grace these responses. Where do you pick up your information? christie's record.. pull your head out of your a**. he took control of a state ran into the ground by all the idiots after whitman. instead of eyes wide shut you should be eyes wide open kool-aid drinker. any politician who vows 100's of millions of his own money for a political seat don't trust. some valuable information for a guy not even from oc with those flaming liberal ideas!
DDPUG
8:52 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
To BC LIb: Funny, how you forget that Christie had no choice considering the deficit left by Corzine, most of which Corzine did not even admit until immediately after Christie was sworn in. Just how much more deficit will get you libs to wake up - both on the state and federal level!
Keith Kaplan
2:57 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
That would be a very interesting race to watch.
Gary Englert
3:11 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
200 sent, sixteen responded and 11 agree?
I wouldn't call the results of this survey, or its results, even worthy of a news article!
Kelly
3:19 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I would have to research Mr. Booker a little more, but from just what I know, this would be a tough decision. I think it would be an fun and interesting race if they run against each other.
Kelly Guerra
3:21 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Eyes wide shut...Maybe NJ is going backward, but if you compare Chris Christie's (R) policies with Cory Booker's (D), the two are almost indistinguishable! Many corporations have been moving to Newark, but they receive huge tax subsidies to do so! Cory Booker has gone head-to-head with unions (police and teachers) in just six years as Mayor and is not well-liked by many constituents within his own city! As disappointed as many voters are with Christie, I don't believe Cory Booker is the answer New Jersey voters are looking for!
eyes wide shut
3:30 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Where in my post did i mention that Cory Booker WAS the answer??? Kindly point that out to me if you can?? Im just saying that our Gov although blasting the President has done if you look at his numbers in 3 1/2 years a WORSE job. And yet he is picked as the key not speaker for the GOP??? Go figure..Maybe Mr Christie should tend to Bizz in NJ and not all over the country is my point...
foggyworld
10:48 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
We moved here from Essex County and while neither Booker or Christie are perfect the fact is they are both in the jobs they belong in right now. It won't be easy to turn Newark around but Booker has been a breath of fresh air after decades of corruption. And he is smart and hopefully can make Newark a city that works.
Christie has more to do but he, too, cleaned out a good deal of the corrupt mess and I hope is given a second term so that he can move on toward trimming the very high cost of living in NJ and I hope he devotes more time to cleaning up the civil service mess. No one should have two or three civil service jobs and if he would stop that, unemployment would go down because if he insisted, only candidates selected by merit would push out the double and triple dippers who we just don't need and can't afford. No one should be making $100 K to sit on any State board and no one can possibly hold down two or three jobs and do any of them competently.
So maybe give these guys another term because in their own quite different ways they have made some progress. Let's now ask them for more.
Michael Fabozzi
9:20 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Eyes wide shut....NJ is not going backwards, Christie had to make hard choices that no other Gov had the guts to due and that's to get those greedy out of control union pensions under control before we go bankrupt...
Jake
3:21 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
booker wouldnt stand a chance.
Jake
3:23 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
eyes wide shut. I guess you would rather have mcgreevey and corzine back. You must be a rocket scientist. Christie is trying to get business back in NJ after the other two bozos drove most business away.
eyes wide shut
3:44 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
kinda like what Obama is trying to do AFTER your Bozo GW ruined everything? Is that kinda the same? or In your Rocket Scientist mind it don't work that way? My point is. NJ is going backwards while the rest of the country is TRYING to move forward GENIUS
Lisa
3:50 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Why do ALL political threads turn into insulting other posters? Jake, did you honestly need to write "You must be a rocket scientist?" because you don't agree with his/her post?
.
10:17 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
At least McGreevey revamped the Motor Vehicle Commission and finally brought EZ Pass to New Jersey. Today's report states unemployment is higher than ever at 10% and Christie says the figures aren't accurate. My company laid off almost one third of it's staff a year ago and only one of those people has found a job. Chrisite has done nothing but hurt this state and I feel sorry for the people that can't seem to realize it. The only numbers that aren't accurate are ones that say Christie is doing a good job.
James P. Page
9:25 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
eyes wide shut, keep reaching, if it wasn't for Clinton FAILING to get Bin Laden in the 3 chances he had, would 9/11 taken place? Probably not, and Bush inherited Clinton's Oval Office Trist with an intern and failure to get Bin Laden.
Keep trying though, it is entertaining...
hrhppg
9:43 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
"eyes wide shut, keep reaching, if it wasn't for Clinton FAILING to get Bin Laden in the 3 chances he had, would 9/11 taken place? Probably not, and Bush inherited Clinton's Oval Office Trist with an intern and failure to get Bin Laden.
Keep trying though, it is entertaining..."
Oh if we are going back in time Icecream Man, then really Bush Sr and Ollie North are responsible for 9/11 as they were ring masters of Iran Contra. I think Drug smuggling, drug dealing and illegal arms dealing are a lil bit bigger then some tryst with an intern.
James P. Page
9:57 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
@hrhppg see, if I took the Liberal Path one could blame all that on Carter and his failed administration and failed attempt to get the Hostages out of Iran. But, in this instance there was nothing good that came out of Iran Contra and they deserve to take a hit. But, since it is a FACT the Clinton had opportunity to NAIL Bin Laden on his watch, 9/11 is still on Clinton's back plain and simple.
Rufus O'Callahan
3:25 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Wow. Christie has done a terrible job. And Booker is just another out of touch liberal. Things are never going to improve in this state with such terrible representation as this. We need people with business experience and common sense like Steve Lonegan, not delusional career politicians who think nothing of raising taxes and passing bloated budgets like these clowns.
PeterB
3:33 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Steve Lonegan, NJ's own Elmer Fudd. Don't think so.
Problem also lays in Washington. Menedez and Lautenberg have down absolutely nothing for this state as far as getting tax dollars back into the state. Menedez can't see past Hispanic vote and Lautenberg, well, we should be happy that he can even see.
As far as Christie goes. How do you clean up after Corzine, screwed corporations with high corporate taxes. One last note for those genius talking about Roche leaving Nutley. Problem with Roche is not the taxes in NJ or NJ as a whole. The problem is that they have a very week pipeline of drugs. Most of their drugs will be going generic and hence they will be losing millions of dollars. They can't afford to keep both an east coast and west coast campus. The west coast campus is a newer upgraded campus as are the ones over seas.
So don't blame Christie for that, if you don't have a product to sell how do you expect them to stay.
David Herman
3:29 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
i would vote for booker
Kelly Guerra
3:51 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Before you vote for Booker, survey 10 Newarkers and ask, "Do you feel Newark is better, worse or the same as 6 years ago?" The answers you get may surprise you and make you rethink your decision!
Tee Smyth
4:47 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Booker is a carpetbagger. No thank you.
mjmjr
3:44 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
THIS GOT TO BE A JOKE.
mjmjr
3:46 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
A VOTE FOR BOOKER IS LIKE A VOTE FOR OBAMA,HELP ONLY THE WELFARE
Jack
3:50 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
You mean Booker actually lives in NJ ? He sure is doing a fine job in Newark , welfare capitol of NJ . When he is not ruining that city , he is busy running around the country kissing Obama's keister. The man has not had a real job since he got out of college. That taxpayer teat is fine for him !
foggyworld
10:54 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Again, he is not perfect but he also isn't driving a S. James yellow Rolls Royce and he doesn't own five homes around the State. And I don't think milk headed for classrooms is being redirected to adult City workers. Newark was a cess pool as was the State and it will take time to reverse the damage.
And neither Lautenberg or Menendez are whiz bang representatives of the peope of this State. They are both too plugged into the business as usual crowd and seem to take care of themselves rather than We the People.
Time for those two to go.
Sir
3:59 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
All we need is another divider like the one we have running the country. If you think we are taxed a lot now, wait till we really have to redistribute the wealth and our taxes are going to sky rocket so we can dump the money into the bowels of camden and newark. He'll say what ever he can to get votes in those two cities. Similar to the way barry has bought the hispanic vote with his policies - along with his "you didn't build that" assault on small business owners. If Booker runs and wins, NJ is really screwed.
Victor
4:20 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Unemployment up or not, no one will defeat Christie. The taxpayers want someone that will stand up to the unions and try to knock some sense into them. Does anyone really think that our last couple of Governors did a good job for us? This state is a mess and this Gov at least is trying to clean it up.
Peggy
10:59 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Before you attack groups, you need to do your homework. I WORK for the State. I know first-hand where a lot of money is going - into the hands of the ADMINISTRATORS - NOT the unions. Christy Whitman STOLE over $500 million from our pension fund. She promised it would be repaid. Well, not only has it NOT been repaid, they still aren't paying ANY of their share of our pensions AND the union workers were ordered by Chris Christie to pay back our own money that was stolen from us!! Yeah, there's real leadership! I call it embezzlement. There is NO reason this state is in the condition it's in other than waste by the administration and padding their own pockets. So, don't tell me it's the union's fault, especially when the unions haven't had ANY pay raise in over 3 years and have had our pension stolen.
John Jay
4:29 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
If New Jersey legislators were smart, they would enact "open carry" legislation.
Enabling citizens, trained in the use of firearms would lead to a DECREASE in crime.
There are 40 right to carry states. 37 states have "shall issue" laws, requiring that carry permits be issued to applicants who meet uniform standards established by the state legislature.
Here's the dirty secret the liberals and Democrats don't want reported: States with right to carry have less crime than states like New Jersey with draconian gun laws.
John Hayden
5:36 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Actually, 40 states are "shall issue" or no permit required. Only 8 are "may issue" (HI, CA, NY, MA, CT, MD, NJ, DE) and 1 "no issue" (IL). AL is technically "may issue" but is "shall issue" in practice.
NJ will never willingly pass "shall issue" carry. It will have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, by the courts to recognize the rights of our citizens. NJ should be treated like AL and MS were in the 1960's when those states abridged the rights of their citizens with the Jim Crow laws.
B@B
6:34 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Yes, that's just what we need. More Rambo hotheads like you open-carrying. Yup. That'll reduce crime. Yessirree bob it will.
Michael Hendrickson
4:37 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Christie is a clown..He doesn't even have enough self discipline to stay away from nachos and cheese..Can't trust anyone who doesn't have the will power to control his eating habits
henry
4:52 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
you're a moron.
Walter Weglein
5:06 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Clever clever comment Henry!!!! You seem highly intelligent...hah!
Kelly Guerra
5:29 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Bobby5000...I agree with you. Newark has a lot of potential - being located so closely to NYC and having access to many major transportation hubs - yet no one in recent history, no matter how well-intentioned, has been able to capitalize on this. Booker is clearly smart, educated and a fantastic public speaker but, when you look at his record, the facts just don't support his claims of a "Newark Renaissance"!
Corslime
5:41 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Where the heck does all this money come from? Why can't we keep our school taxes in our own town?
http://newarknj.patch.com/articles/newark-school-district-gets-714m-in-state-aid
John Jay
7:00 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Democrats CREATED the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Jim Crow laws. How dare the so-called "Democrats" accuse Republicans of ANYTHING when they are responsible for sowing the seeds of racial hatred in this nation. Remember folks: Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN -- and ended slavery. The REPUBLICANS of the the 1860s-70s were responsible for ensuring the passage of the 14th Amendment. REPUBLICANS took the LEAD and helped passed the Civil Righs Act of 1964 -- something AL GORE SR. OPPOSED.
B@B
6:35 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Yes, and after the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was passed, all the Dixiecrats became Republicans.
John Jay
7:01 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Democrats CREATED the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Jim Crow laws. How dare the so-called "Democrats" accuse Republicans of ANYTHING when they are responsible for sowing the seeds of racial hatred in this nation. Remember folks: Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN -- and ended slavery. The REPUBLICANS of the the 1860s-70s were responsible for ensuring the passage of the 14th Amendment. REPUBLICANS took the LEAD and helped passed the Civil Righs Act of 1964 -- something AL GORE SR. OPPOSED.
Emanon
7:32 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Let's be honest folks , Mr Booker would win in every black city in the state .....Newark Camden , East Orange etc...........No WASPS will ever win in these cities.......nothing racist just the facts folks.
Corslime
7:38 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Democrats have been using the city voters for decades to win power. Only ones doing better are the Democrat politicians and not the cities. When do people wake up.
Corslime
7:41 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Why is the average spending per kid in asbury park double the state average? Who is paying for this?
Anthony Perrucci
7:59 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Booker & Obama perfect together? Start packing on election night and get the heck out of New Jersey. Stick a fork in it cause its DONE. Oh, Mr. Booker is doing such a great job? You ever go to a Devils game at night and watch people RUN out of there after the game. Real safe that downtown Newark. Anyone buying a home in Newark posting here. Yeah, good luck. Hugh Addonizio (the crook) was no better either and he started the ball rolling......DOWNHILL.
B@B
6:36 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Yes, I am all in favor of right-wing troglodytes leaving NJ. Then those of us who think with the cognitive parts of our brain instead of the reptilian one can get something accomplished.
Ken
8:05 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I do not care who runs against Christie I will vote for them. Anything to get rid of Christie. The only thing he seems good at is yelling at people and calling other politicans and the general public names. Now you see why Romney knew better than to ask him to run as vice president.
Joe R
8:13 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
JJ has a very skewed, outdated view of Democrats. That was then, this is now. Harry Truman integrated the army, LBJ passed historic civil rights legislation losing southern Democrats for generations. Those Dixiecrats eventually morphed into Republicans. The GOP was happy to court and recruit the former racist Democrats (former Democrats but still racist). Southern Republicans and southern Democrats overwhelmingly voted against the civil rights legislation of the Democrat, LBJ. By the way, the GOP of 1964 was not a rabid crazy rightwing nut party as it is today. Northern Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly voted for the civil rights legislation. It was more a regional thing than a party thing.
Corslime
8:21 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Only thing obama has on booker is newark unemployment is 15 percent vs 8.5 nationwide. How successful they both are.
Corslime
8:32 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
In 1964 the cities were still safe, clean family oriented places. What happened?
Trey-von Jones
9:00 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Please read, sign and share my petition. Changes need to be made.
http://www.change.org/petitions/newark-public-schools-change-the-graduation-requirements
Mac
9:08 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Gov. Christie is enjoying the top of his game at the moment. The bs is flowing smoothly, the Jersey attitude is entertaining the nation (at least the press) and the leaks in the dam continue to be plugged without a lot of fanfare so far. But, by this time next year, all of Gov. Christie's illusions as to how his policies have improved NJ will have gone poof. Voters are going to want some proof that state taxes are going down, not just being passed on to some other government entity to pass onto the taxpayers. You can't give anyone tax relief when you still can't pay your current commitments. Christie is successfully demonstrating he is no different from past governors, just more entertaining, or embarrassing. In a state where politicians aren’t much more than egotistical and greedy numbers runners for hopelessly corrupt party bosses, Cory Booker stands tall as his own man. Christie’s character pales next to Cory Booker’s sincere commitments. Cory Booker in a landslide versus Chris Christie. No contest.
Corslime
9:32 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Big Mac have some fries with that crappy meal! Booker is a joker just like Obama. If you look up failure in the dictionary there are their pictures. Newark and camden are great examples of all that is wrong with Democrats!
Mac
9:35 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I wasn't talking about Democrats. I was talking about Cory Booker. It's about the man, not the baggage.
John Jay
9:42 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I do have a skewed view of Democrats -- they are more like Hitler's Nazis than 1860s racist pigs they were. Today's DNC retained all of the lawlessness and corruption of the 1860s.
The Nazi's were anti-gun, pro-big government, and pro-police state -- just like today's Democrats.
Berkeley Lifer
12:52 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
67 million Germans followed Hitler with zeal.I doubt today's democrap crowd could pull in those popular numbers.
B@B
6:36 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Hyperbole much?
Corslime
10:03 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Booker can't even fix Newark with all of the suburbs tax money. Get rid of the pensions that the majority of the middle class is paying for but doesn't benefit from
So Much to Say
10:14 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Newark is a horrible ghetto. Cory can't fix Newark he would be the last choice for anything else.
Corslime
10:29 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Mcgreevey made the state proud now didn't he. How did christie affect your company and the layoffs?
libsrsic
11:00 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
I'm more concerned with the devastating blow to our quality of life if President Obama wins the election in November: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/08/13/government-will-take-almost-half-your-paycheck-in-2013/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=BudgetSense
Frank Rizzo
11:05 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
john jay are copies of your revisionist history books available on dvd? john jay if he doesnt like a part of history just make up a better one instead. john jay werent democrats also responsible for the space shuttle challeger explosion as well as the earthquakes on the west coast? john jay who wants everyone walking around armed beccause there havent been enough civilians shooting people lately. gov crisco is that bully in the schoolyard ice cream running down his wrist up in the face of anyone who dare challenge his jersey shore image of nj. he is an embarrassment. a 400 pound guy who dines weekly at the koch mansion and tells we peasants we need to stop whining about things like tolls and polluted oceans and bays and just learn to cut back and make do. then he hops on the helicopter we pay for to go to wrestlemania and republican fundraisers. that of course when he is actually in the state of nj.
WhatYouSaid
12:34 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Wow look at the acute political discourse here:
-Obama only helps those on welfare
-NJ needs open carry laws, so we can extinguish all the crimes that other states that has vanished because they are allowed to carry guns
-Christie is fat
- Democrats are the KKK
- Obama is a divider
- 'WASPS' can't win elections because of blacks
- Democrats = Nazis
- Christie is fat
Simply wonderful, a lot of good points to ponder here
Porterincollingswood
7:28 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
And these are the same people who turn around and complain about negative campaign ads.
Why are all the ads negative? Because the American people demand it. They only respond to attack ads. As usual, the American people are given what they want, and never stop whining about it.
Booker will not run against Christie. Makes no sense. He's young and has time, so why run against a strong incumbent? Just wait for Christie to run for POTUS in 2016 (where he will lose to Jeb Bush and a Super PAC machine) and take his place when the GOP runs a lesser-known and more vulnerable candidate.
Frank Rizzo
1:11 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
wat u said berkeley lifer should know all about germans and hitler he is an old school skinhead.
henry
8:01 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
did you attend Newark schools? You read as if you did.
Frank Rizzo
1:13 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
libsric can you please post more tea party links? we cant get enough tea party types like akin to use as a punchline
John Jay
6:12 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Infamous racist Democrats of the 20th Century:
Woodrow Wilson
Al Gore, Sr.
Robert Byrd
Bull Connor
George Wallace
Orval Fabus
Benjamin Travis Laney
John Stennis
James Eastland
Allen Ellender
Russell Long
John Sparkman
John McClellan
Richard Russell
Herman Talmadge
Lester Maddox
John Rarick
Corslime
7:15 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Riz obama spends more time golfing and campaigning then working on creating jobs. Who is paying for air force one and the secret service on the trips? Not the 50 percent who pay no taxes. This is recovery summer 3. Gas is up. Inflation is up. Debt is up. Jobs are no where. Where is obama? Total failure
Corslime
7:19 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Do they award nobel peace prices for drone strikes?
henry
7:40 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
obama is a moron, too.
AngryFemale
7:41 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
John Jay left Obama off the list.
Corslime
7:50 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Someone list bookers accomplishments. With unemployment 15 percent and the rest of the state subsidizing the budget what exactly has he done? The schools get almost 800 million of other towns taxes and what do we have to show for it?
libsrsic
9:01 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
B@B, thanks for the laugh...if all the "right wingers" left NJ from where would your tax base come? Why don't you move to Sacramento or Detroit? You can get a house cheap in Detroit at this time of the year. Ha ha ha.
Corslime
9:05 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Democrats are the party of hate, class warfare and race baiting. It helps them pretend that their policies aimed at helping haven't been the miserable failures they are. Detroit and camden are great examples. What were once thriving metropolitan areas are now taxpayer subsidized battlegrounds. What drove them to their demise? Hint they have been and still are governed by Democrats. I just love facts!!
trish
9:12 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
the biggest MORON in this state is CHRIS CHRISTIE. He's a liar and a bully. He claims he is the only one who can do anything. News flash, it dosent matter WHAT the democrats put forward, Christie will vote against it just because they are DEMOCRATs. He's lies constantly about EVERYTHING! I crossed party lines to vote for him, had not choice, I could not vote Corzine back in. I consider that the absolute biggest mistake of my life! The only way this idiot can argue with anyone is to call them names. Has he looked in the mirror lately? Every thing this guy does is to further his own agenda. Must have been quite a shock when idiot Rommney chose that other idiot Ryan as his running mate!
Steve
9:27 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Fun fact for the day . . . .
Missouri Republican congressman and US Senate candidate Todd Akin -- who infamously said a few days ago, when speaking against a raped woman's right to obtain an abortion: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down” -- is a current member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
These are the same people who deny the existence of climate change and global warming (in the face of near consensus by the international scientific community regarding their existence).
Al Iervolino
9:56 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
trish that is really not true. christie has worked very closely with democrat steve sweeney on many issues to get things done.(The only way this idiot can argue with anyone is to call them names.) do you see anything wrong with this statement in your post?
henry
10:05 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Fun Fact 2
More important, Obama’s record as a state senator was not merely pro-choice, but radically pro-abortion. His voting record indicates that he does not believe infants deserve protection even once they have emerged from the womb if they are deemed to be below the age of viability, and he did in fact, three times, vote to keep a form of infanticide legal.