Obama’s margin in NJ may be biggest since ’72
The last pre-election Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll is out today, and it indicates that the Democrats running for president and U.S. Senate are likely to score large wins. Barack Obama...
View ArticleJersey often shunned the top presidents
The 10 presidents generally ranked as the greatest in American history didn't actually fare all that well at the ballot booth in New Jersey. They won 15 of their races, though four of them quite...
View ArticleObama’s win in N.J. even bigger than thought
Barack Obama won New Jersey last month by an even bigger margin than originally announced just after the election, according to election results certified today by the New Jersey Board of State...
View ArticleChristie drops in a Tip O’Neill reference
Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie might not have let a single debate go by this spring without mentioning President Ronald Reagan. But Wednesday's curveball was that rather than also...
View ArticleKennedy, Reagan, Trenton and Iran
The state Senate is planning to vote Thursday on a resolution introduced by Senate President Richard Codey and Sen. Joseph Pennacchio that supports free and open elections in Iran and endorses the...
View ArticleChristie’s pal Palatucci gets RNC post
William Palatucci has been elected by fellow Republicans as one of New Jersey's two members of the Republican National Committee, a position being vacated after nearly 30 years by David Norcross....
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 09.27.11
On Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 ... Gov. Chris Christie delivers a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, Calif., tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. His speech, part...
View ArticleExcerpts from tonight’s Christie speech at Reagan library
Here are excerpts of Gov. Chris Christie's speech tonight at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif. It will be delivered at 9 p.m. EDT and televised on CSPAN and Fox News. “A lot is...
View ArticleVideo and transcript of Christie’s speech at Reagan library
Here is a video from C-SPAN of Gov. Chris Christie's speech Tuesday night at the Reagan library in California. The title of the speech is "Real American Exceptionalism." And here is the transcript...
View ArticleNJ’s acting governor surveys flood damages, answers questions on Chris Christie
For pundits who believe that Gov. Chris Christie is on the brink of getting into the 2012 presidential race, Lieutenant Gov. Kim Guadagno said nothing Wednesday morning to dampen speculation that...
View ArticleTop GOP fundraiser: Christie’s really not running
Top Republican fundraiser Lawrence E. Bathgate II said that after extensive telephone calls this morning, he believes Gov. Chris Christie will not be running for president in the GOP primary. “I heard...
View ArticleChristie talks up George W. Bush
Gov. Chris Christie says former President George W. Bush has been “grossly underappreciated’’ but Bush didn’t get a mention when Christie was asked to pick the greatest Republican president of the last...
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