This was a long time coming, but Governor Christie has announced his nomination of Senator Phil Haines (R-Mt. Holly) to the New Jersey Superior Court. You’ll remember that Haines had previously been nominated by Governor Corzine in 2009, but had Read More
Grades are out
Cato has their fiscal policy report card out. Christie isn’t included because he’s been in for less than a year but I think he’d do pretty well if he was “Four governors were awarded an “A” in this report card Read More
Worst. Ad. Ever.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) takes the award for 2010. The campaign season (for most people) has barely even really begun, but I think that it would be nearly impossible for anyone to top “Taliban Dan” as the worst political ad Read More
Chris Christie on running for President
“No Chance” He’s not going to run (and this is a GOOD thing). Chris Christie is in the best position of his life – he’s a relatively popular governor with the reasonable-class (compared to liberal nut jobs and union thugs), Read More
On Negative Campaigning
Rick Wilson has an excellent write up on the intent and execution of negative campaign ads. In particular he absolutely takes Rep. Alan Grayson to task for running maybe the worst ad in a long time. New Jerseyeans – be Read More
The Importance of Being (Earnestly) Quantitative: An Economic Play (In At Least Two Parts), by Ben Bernanke
THE FINANCIAL TIMES Bernanke ponders QE2 to keep America afloat By Robin Harding Published: September 24 2010 It was not supposed to be this way. After tens of billions of dollars in bank bail-outs, hundreds of billions in fiscal stimulus, Read More
Confirmed: Bryant Indicted Yet Again
Former Senator Wayne Bryant, famously corrupt politician and Ice-T look alike, has somehow managed to be indicted yet again while currently serving time for corruption charges. Save Jerseyan’s will remember that Bryant has already been serving a prison sentence on Read More
Step 1: Frame the Debate (Failed.)
With what seems like one of the most important congressional elections in a lifetime (wait…don’t we say that every year?) quickly approaching, the issues that will take charge of the hearts and minds of voters on November 2nd are taking Read More
Gov. Chris Christie on Oprah
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTGiC0A77D0