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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
 FOX News Projects a Christie Win FOX News has called the 2009 New Jersey Gubernatorial election for Republican challenger Chris Christie. As someone who voted for Chris Christie and, really, against Jon Corzine let me be among the first to say – thank God!
That said, I do think that it is important to remember that this is New Jersey and, even though 83% of precincts have reported and the vote stands at 49% for Christie and 44% for Corzine, anything can happen. But for now – it’s exciting to know that the voters in New Jersey made the right decision by getting rid of Jon Corzine. The Republican Governors Association has already called this win (along with the big win in Virginia earlier tonight) a turning point for the Republican Party. Their website boasts that comeback begins with Virginia and New Jersey…and so let the drums begin beating for 2010 already, huh?
It looks like the vote by mail ballots have not been counted yet in New Jersey. As a guy who votes by mail, I’m a little concerned about that. Stay tuned for additional information as the night – and the vote counting – continues… And hey, is anyone watching the Mayoral election in New York City right now? With 85% of the vote counted, incumbent Independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg is up with 50% of the vote to his opponent’s Thomson’s 47% of the vote. That’s significant when you consider that Mayor Bloomberg spent upwards of $100 million on this campaign and some estimates have Thompson’s expenses at just $3 million. Definitely something to watch in New York City.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Now that we are at about 58% of the precincts reporting in New Jersey, it looks like Republican challenger Chris Christie has 50% of the vote to Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine’s 44% of the vote. That’s close. In fact, that’s too close for comfort if you’re a Christie supporter.
But be wary, folks. Large portions of Camden and Essex counties and many of the New York City suburbs have not reported their election results yet. These are areas that are notorious for voting the Democratic ticket for no reason other than that it is the Democratic ticket. These are also areas where there was talk a few weeks ago about a gigantic increase in vote by mail ballot applications along with some talk about the possibility that ACORN was helping to register voters. Something tells me that if these counties come in strong for Corzine (which everyone expects them to) and in enough numbers to sway the vote that there is going to be an explosion of citizen rage in this state.
We’re tired of corruption in New Jersey and we’re tired of paying for crooked politicians and their lies.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
A little while ago I wrote that with 5% of the electorate counted thus far, Republican challenger Chris Christie was up in the Garden State with 55% of the vote to Democratic Governor Jon Corzine’s 38% of the vote. Well, more numbers have come in and it looks like with 35% of the electorate in Christie leads Corzine with 52% of the vote to 42%, respectively.
The major X factor in all of this are the Democratic counties in New Jersey, namely Essex, Camden, and Hudson counties. These are counties where a large portion of the population votes for the Democrats just because there is a “D” after their name on the ballot (that’s not even a joke). Unfortunately, many of our fellow citizens in these counties believe that the Democrats will help them with their struggles…even though they haven’t done a damn thing for this state in the last 20 years. But I digress.
Again, with 35% of the vote counted, Christie has a 10 point lead over Corzine.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
 Early in the vote tabulation with only 5% of the state’s districts reporting, Republican challenger Chris Christie is ahead with 55% of the vote to Democratic Governor Jon Corzine’s 38%. Independent candidate Chris Daggett is pulling 6% of the vote. There’s no doubt that the Republicans in New Jersey are hoping for an outcome similar to what happened earlier tonight in Virginia, where the Republican Bob McDonnell beat his Democratic opponent, returning the Governor’s mansion in that state to the Republicans.
I intend to stick around tonight and see who wins this election, though if it winds up that we have a dead heat going into the wee hours, I’m going to sleep! Stick around and let me know what you thought about this year’s election via the comments section of the blog.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Folks, I rarely talk about who I vote for on this blog. Sure, sometimes it comes out in other posts or as a part of a different discussion, but I rarely talk about who I support and why I support that person. I don’t intend to get too far into that type of content in this blog entry, but I do want to say that when I sent in my vote-by-mail ballot, I voted for the Republican challenger, Chris Christie.
There was no way that I could bring myself to vote for Jon Corzine. I don’t care that he’s a Democrat and, in fact, I’ve voted for much better Democrats than Corzine in the past. What bothers me about Corzine is that he is completely out of touch with what it means to live a real life in New Jersey. Frankly, Christie isn’t so much more grounded than Corzine, but he’s closer to understanding what you and I and our families go through on a daily basis than Corzine could ever hope to be.
I really wanted to vote for Chris Daggett this year – I really, really wanted to vote for him. In fact, on at least two different occasions since I sent in my vote-by-mail ballot, I’ve wondered if I voted for the right “Chris” in this election. In the end, though, it was a suggestion by Frank Esposito – Daggett’s running mate for Lieutenant Governor – that assured me that a vote for Christie was the right vote in this election. As I talked about in a previous entry, Esposito made it very clear that he and Daggett would support allowing illegal immigrants who had been in New Jersey since they were very young to receive in-state tuition at state colleges. Look, student loans and the completely unaffordable nature of attending college for many student is my major issue. When I hear that people who are not citizens might be getting in-state tuition…I can’t support that.
And it frustrates me that a guy like Daggett supported that position, but that’s politics.
So my vote has been cast for Chris Christie and I hope that you vote for him, too. In the event that you support someone else, that’s cool. I believe that it is more important that you go out and vote today than you vote for the person that I support. However, in case you were wondering – JerseySmarts.com endorses Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno in this year’s election.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
There are tons of interesting event invitations that cross pass by my desk each week. The other day I received an invite to a public panel that will be held at Monmouth University on the day after Election Day to talk about what happened in the Gubernatorial election. The information for the event is below.
You are invited to a
Post-Election Panel Discussion
What Happened in New Jersey?
Thursday November 5, 2009
1:00 – 2:15 PM
Jules L. Plangere Jr. Center for Communication (TV Studio)
Monmouth University, West Long Branch
Two nationally recognized campaign strategists and other keen observers of the Garden State’s political scene will break down the election results and look forward to 2010.
Moderators:
« Alan Steinberg, Former EPA Regional Director and Monmouth University Public Servant in Residence
« Michael Murphy, Former Gubernatorial Candidate and Democratic Lobbyist
Panelists:
« Bill Pascoe, Republican Campaign Communications Strategist
« Steve Ayscue, Democratic Campaign Communications Strategist
« Patrick Murray, Director, Monmouth University Polling Institute
Sponsors:
Polling Institute
Department of Political Science
Office of Academic Program Initiatives
This event is open to the Monmouth community, the general public, and the media.
For more information, or if you want to bring a class, call: (732) 263-5860 or polling@monmouth.edu
Sounds like it’s going to be a good event so if you’re in the area and you have an hour or so to spare, you might want to go check this out and see what this panel has to say. Lord knows that the entire state is going to be crowing after this year’s election. It’s interesting when you think about it. No candidate has a clear majority of the vote so you would assume that less than a majority of the people in New Jersey are going to be happy with the winner of this election no matter what the outcome. Pretty amazing, really.
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