Thursday, May 10, 2012
About half of those polled approve of the job Obama is doing.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …
Friday, April 13, 2012
An effort to have President Barack Obama's name removed from New Jersey's primary ballot was dealt a setback following an administrative judge's recent ruling.
Update: Lt. Governor Upholds Judge's Decision on Obama's Eligibility In what attorney Mario Apuzzo is calling a "sham of justice," a state judge has ruled against objectors seeking to remove President Barack Obama's name from New Jersey's upcoming primary ballot. According to Apuzzo, the attorney representing New Jersey residents Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, Deputy Director and Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin ruled against the ballot challenge following a more than three-hour hearing earlier this week. His decision, delivered to Apuzzo via email, was not based on the issues presented in the challenge, namely that Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States and that a birth certificate released by the White House last April …
With Romney certain to get the GOP nomination, campaign season begins to heat up.
With decisive victories in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington D.C., former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appears to have the GOP nomination just about sewn up. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the GOP race on Tuesday. But analysts say that the slight decrease in unemployment and economic uptick will help keep President Barack Obama's approval rating high enough to get him re-elected. The outcome of the election is up for grabs, but what do you think of our 44th president's chances of getting elected to a second term? Vote in the poll and tell us why in the comments.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Republican Eric Beck, who will oppose U.S. Rep. Rush Holt in the race for the 12th Congressional District, believes smaller government and a flat tax are crucial to an economic turnaround.
Citing a need to improve unemployment by ending governmental mismanagement of the economy, South Brunswick resident Eric Beck announced a bid earlier this year to challenge U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) for the U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District. Beck, a small business owner and entrepreneur from Dayton, started Risk Masters in 2009 as a risk management consulting firm specializing in business continuity management. Beck also holds an MBA from Rutgers University Business School. He said Rep. Holt is out of touch with voters and lacks the business understanding to stimulate job creation. "My opponent has spent his entire career in academia and has never been in a position to run a business, create jobs, and deliver a product to a …
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Democratic pollster and campaign strategist Mark S. Mellman has helped lead the campaigns of 18 senators, eight governors and more than two dozen members of Congress.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Edtior's Note: The following is a news release issued by Rider University. Last month, in a video posted on NOLA.com, New Orleans Times-Picayune politics editor Tim Morris posed the question, “Is Barack Obama Toast?” Over the next 10 minutes, Morris, along with Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry and the newspaper’s Washington bureau reporter, Bruce Alpert, weighed the variables and came to the conclusion that the president faces a somewhat uphill battle for reelection in November 2012. But it’s not quite that simple, according to Mark S. Mellman, a top Democratic pollster and campaign strategist who has helped lead the campaigns of 18 senators, eight governors and more than two dozen members of Congress as the CEO of The Mellman Group…
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Leading national pollster and campaign strategist will participate in a Q&A on Rider University's campus in Lawrence Township on Dec. 1.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by Rider University. The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics will present "An Evening with Mark Mellman" on Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Mercer Room, inside Daly Dining Hall, on Rider’s Lawrence Township campus. There will be a reception at 6 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. presentation and Q&A. Rider is located at 2083 Lawrence Rd. (Route 206). Mellman, a leading national pollster and communication strategist, is a significant figure on the national political scene. Mellman has helped guide the campaigns of some 18 U.S. senators, eight governors and more than two-dozen members of Congress, as well as numerous state and local officials. His presentation, "The National Political Landscape …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Voting in Tuesday's election for four Lawrence Township districts was moved to the township EMS building this year because of the hall of Lawrence Road Fire Co. firehouse next door has been closed since a mold problem was discovered over the summer.
An elderly Lawrence Township woman suffered a head injury when she fell off a raised sidewalk while on her way to vote at the township’s Emergency Medical Services building during yesterday’s (Nov. 8) General Election. Voting for Lawrence Township Districts 3, 6, 8 and 11 was moved to the EMS building on Pilla Avenue this year because the hall of the Lawrence Road Fire Co. firehouse next door – where voting traditionally takes place – has been closed since a mold problem was discovered there over the summer. The township used its “Reverse 911” notification system over the weekend to notify voters of the change in polling location. Numerous signs were also set up in and around the firehouse parking lot to direct voters to the EMS building…
The Dems pick up one seat in the Assembly, while the Republicans lose all key races, despite Christie's campaigning.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Despite tough, nasty contests in a few races and more than $25 million spent, very little changed in the New Jersey legislature on election night. The Democrats gained one seat in the Assembly and still control both legislative houses. The Republicans lost all the key races that they targeted and where Gov. Chris Christie campaigned. In the most hotly contested races, Democratic incumbents James Whelan in South Jersey’s 2nd District and Robert Gordon in North Jersey’s 38th won by relatively comfortable margins. And Richard Codey, the incumbent Democratic senator in the 27th, prevailed. Some had predicted he would run into trouble given that redistricting had shifted several Morris County municipalities into his home territory. The …
Less than 30.2 percent of Lawrence Township's voters registered voters took part in the Nov. 8 election. Find out how their votes added up.
A total of 5,871 Lawrence Township residents exercised their right to vote and took part in yesterday’s (Nov. 8) General Election. That’s about 30.2 percent of the 19,450 registered voters in the township, according to election figures from the Lawrence Township clerk’s office. Those voters who did turn out elected incumbent Michael Powers and his Democratic running mates Cathleen Lewis and David Maffei to Lawrence Township Council for the next four years beginning Jan. 1. They will join fellow Democrats Jim Kownacki and Greg Puliti – whose seats are up for grabs in the November 2013 election – on the five-person council. The seats won by Lewis and Maffei are currently held by Democrat Pam Mount and Republican Bob Bostock who announced …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
But now officials will need to convince a judge to overturn a federal law barring gambling on athletics.
Voters appeared to be overwhelmingly approving a statewide referendum Tuesday that will change the state constitution to enable the legalization of gambling on professional and certain college sporting events—but only if a current federal ban is overturned. The Star-Ledger was reporting that with 84% of the ballots counted, the measure was winning, 61 percent to 31 percent. The amendment was supported by Oceanport Borough, home of Monmouth Park racetrack, as well as Gov. Chris Christie and State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), who argues that once the referendum is approved, it will only be a matter of months before the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) is ruled unconstitutional. Lesniak has led the crusade for sports …
Matthew
9:02 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
It's sort of amusing. At 12:57 you're done debating with stupid people. At 1:53 you're debating again. "I'm not debating," you'll say, "I'm just making an observation." Yep, just makin' an ob-ser-va-tion. Kinda makes you wonder whether ALL life, has consciousness or not [ which, by the way, you state as a fact, not as an opinion. If it's a fact, you should be able to back it up with something … more ›