Save Jersey’s Week in Review (7/23/12 – 7/29/12)

For Monday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 29th 2012

*** SAVE JERSEY MEDIA ***

• Blogger-in-Chief Matt Rooney discusses Christie Keynote, Solomon speculation and tax debate on My 9 News (VIDEO)

• Rooney co-hosts “Common Sense” on WSNR 620 AM (AUDIO)

*** THE LONDON OLYMPICS ***

• Cheer them on! 19 New Jerseyans are Olympians at this year’s London Games

• Long live the 2nd Amendment! American wins gold in skeet shooting…

• Related: What does a disarmed country look like, Senator Lautenberg? Welcome to Great Britain!

*** NEW JERSEY’S U.S. SENATE RACE ***

• New polling shows Menendez still leads comfortably but Kyrillos still has an opening

• Joe Kyrillos unveils 7-point jobs plan (TEXT)

• …talks pension reform (and his campaign) on Fox Business Network (VIDEO)

• Our Save Jersey Archives: Full Coverage of the Menedez-Kyrillos Race

*** ROMNEY VERSUS OBAMA ***

• ROONEY #1: the “context” doesn’t help your case, Mr. President! (VIDEO 2x)

• ROONEY #2: Earning Obama’s sympathy? A “toss-up” proposition…

• 2012 Debate Schedule Released (locations and dates)

• Have a few spare thousand dollars laying around? Romney returns to New Jersey for August 8th Ocean County fundraiser…

• Romney’s Ohio persistent polling weakness is just another reason why Portman is his likely Veep pick

• Related: a great argument from auditing the Fed… from Harry Reid? (VIDEO)

*** CHRISTIE WATCH  ***

• YES! @GovChristie vetoes RGGI legislation…

• NO! Supreme Court strikes down Christie’s pension reform… for themselves?

• Strong plurality of New Jerseyans (41%) believe @GovChristie is good for the state’s image

• Flashback: Since when do Democrats reward conciliation with compromise? (VIDEO)

*** SOLAR ENERGY MISADVENTURE ***

• UGH!!! @GovChristie signs bill to mandate failing solar industry into profitability

• Most Ignorant Quote of the Week: Assemblycrats (and too many Republicans) don’t understand proper role of government, markets

*** CIVICS TESTING FOR VOTERS? ***

• GLADING: Yes!  “Only Informed Voters Need Apply!”

• MULRANEY: No!  “A Retort: Policing Voting Competence Should Be Left to the Individual”

*** ROONEY’S TRENTON POLITICAL GRAB BAG ***

• GALLAGHER: New Jersey Judges – We’re the .005% (pension reform debate)

• ALEXANDER: New Jersey’s last counties standing (county vs. town tax revenue)

• FLETCHER: Christie stumps in OC… when will he call out Van Drew?

• ROONEY: Andrews waits for word on full-scale House ethics probe

• Sen. Doherty slames red light camera recertification

• You can take my Chick-fil-a “from my cold, dead hands,” liberals!

• An ode to the welfare state (TEXT)

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