Save Jersey’s Week in Review (5/14/12 – 5/20/12)

For Monday, May 14th through Sunday, May 20th 2012

*** PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2012 ***

• As evidenced by Obama’s strange “gay marriage” roll out and decidedly negative campaign tone out of the gate, Save Jersey, it’s safe to say Team Obama is starting to “lose it” – electorally and mentally!

• SAVE JERSEY UNIVERSITY: Professor Rooney’s Venture Capitalism 101

• LaFRANKIE: Don’t Be a Complicit, Spoon Fed Dummy for the Fourth Estate!

• Romney wins Round #1 of the campaign TV ad war (VIDEO)

• Q POLL: Christie more popular than Obama in New Jersey

*** NEW JERSEY HO– USE RACES ***

• David Axelrod backs Rothman over Pascrell in NJ-9; Clinton (Bill) weighs in for Pascrell

• McGOVERN: Rothman, Pascrell fight over who is the biggest liberal spender!

• And the NJ-6 GOP Primary takes an ugly turn…

*** KYRILLOS vs. MENENDEZ ***

• ROONEY: Menendez shares culpability for the student loan crisis

• Both camps compete for New Jersey Hispanic/Cuban voting bloc by slamming the State Department’s decision to admit Mariela Castro

• Q POLL: Menendez is (still) in trouble…

• Don’t Miss a Minute: Visit our 2012 U.S. Senate Race archives!

*** ALL THINGS @GOVCHRISTIE ***

• Christie v. Booker: the Movie! (VIDEO)

• $$$: Christie spends weekend raising money for Heather Wilson (R-NM), Eric Cantor (R-VA) and the Kentucky GOP

• Even Democrats use Christie’s celebrity to generate sign ups!

• NEW $1.6 million TV buy thanks Christie and “reformers on both sides” of the aisle (VIDEO)

• RELATED… Christie’s next Supreme Court nominee slated to go before the judiciary committee on May 30th. Will it be another “Kwon Dive?”

• Need Your Christie Fix? Visit our exclusive and unmatched @GovChristie archives!

*** THE NATIONAL BEAT ***

• When Hollywood Meets Reality: Will Smith and Income Taxes (VIDEO)

*** REVENUE WARS DERAIL TRENTON TAX DEBATE **

• A Little Intrigue – Christie/Sweeney tax presser announced, then moved, then cancelled? Reportedly the Assembly isn’t buying what they’re selling…

• ROONEY: Revenues are allegedly falling, sooo why aren’t we looking at spending cuts?

• McGOVERN: Imagine how bad it’d be if Democrats had gotten the budget they wanted!

*** GARDEN STATE POLITICAL GRAB BAG ***

• LaFRANKIE: Montclair Embraces the Status Quo 

• JERSEY RICK #1: Reform Occupational Licensing in New Jersey!

• JERSEY RICK #2: NJ Assembly moves to reform marijuana laws

• ROONEY: Times are a-changin’ for the Bergen, Passaic and Monmouth Republican organizations

• Bergen Update: Rottino rolls out sizable endorsement list in GOP Chairman race

• Bergen County towns bans texting and walking at the same time… or not? Another potential example of media incompetence

*** RU CAMDEN / ROWAN MERGER UPDATE ***

• Compromise deal announced, formed behind closed doors… and it still stinks.

• LEARN MORE: Visit our exclusive #R2Rmerger archives!

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