Save Jersey’s “Week in Review” (4/9/12 – 4/15/12)

For Monday, April 9nd through Sunday, April 15th 2012

*** MUST READ: SAVE JERSEY PROFILED BY PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ***

• THE ARTICLE: “Save Jersey, a Website that’s Red and Well-Read” (4/10/12)

• A little “behind the scenes” bonus video, too

*** THE CHRISTIE REVOLUTION ROLLS ON ***

• NEW POLL: Governor garners historically-high 59% approval rating…

• …and another poll shows NJ women (still) love him!

• Save Jersey Archives: NJ Women Love a Tough Guy! (3/19/12)

• ROONEY: Christie’s viral “on the couch” comment accurately criticized U.S. welfare state

• …related from EINSTEIN: “three completely anecdotal suppositions” 

*** VOTER ID DEBATE RAGES ON ***

• O’Keefe Strikes Again! “Project Veritas” member shows up at Eric Holder’s voting precinct on primary day 2012…

• FLETCHER: So… are welfare benefits, food stamps and unemployment racist, too? You need an ID for all three!

• Save Jersey Archives: Why do we have identity theft laws but not voter identity theft laws? (4/4/12)

*** NEW JERSEY’S 2012 FEDERAL RACES ***

• McGOVERN: Shelley Adler’s NJ-3 fundraising numbers? Extremely underwhelming!

• ROONEY: Images and Musings from Saturday’s Kyrillos for Senate HQ grand opening… (it’s in Middletown; go visit!)

• New poll places Joe Kyrillos within single digits of his Democrat competitor, Bob Menendez

• Hard-charging Kyrillos raised $1.75m last quarter

*** FINALLY! ROMNEY VS. OBAMA 2012 ***

• Santorum finally bails, clearing the way for a Romney nomination

• ANALYSIS: Romney isn’t inevitable but yes, he’s very competitive in the latest general election polls!

• VIDEO: Romney Addresses NRA gathering

• BIRTHER ALERT: Two NJ men (unsuccessfully) challenge President Obama’s ballot eligibility in the Garden State

• …related: Asm. Bucco unfairly tagged as “birther” by Huffpo?

*** GARDEN STATE POLITICAL GRAB BAG ***

• The Bodyguard(s): Whitney Houston’s funeral costs cash-strapped Newark $187k in police overtime

• FLETCHER: He’s a real pension reform proposal!

• The “Obama Flag” flap comes to Burlington County, NJ

• ROONEY: Machine seizes control in Atlantic, Cape May? … also Irwin Fletcher’s “Liberal Lie of the Week”

• McGOVERN: U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Citizens United?

• EINSTEIN: Book review of “Killing Lincoln”

• The best part of NJ life? No “biblical” weather…

*** EDUCATION NEWS ***

• FLETCHER: What a “tenure-free” future might look like…

• THE RUT-ROW MERGER: New Rutgers President is named, comes out swinging, and Senate Budget Panel to examine the proposed merger’s details

• McGOVERN: Secret Meeting between Board, Democrats is troubling

• …McGovern discusses merger on 91.7FM (LISTEN)

• Christie releases post-“no child left behind” school rankings

*** MIDDLESEX PAC CONTROVERSY ***

• Contributions from our good friends at MMM.com, NJ’s Central Jerz blog of record…

• GALLAGHER: The folly of campaign finance laws

• GALLAGHER and KANE: The Democratic Laundromat: Wisniewski’s Washing and Spinning

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