By Rick Shaftan Ted Cruz, the ultimate outsider, was totally positioned to win in 2016 — even against a ruthless candidate like Trump. And he would have, but for a few missteps that gnawed at Cruz’s support base and demoralized Read More
GETTING UNDER THE NUMBERS – AN EXAMINATION OF FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI VOTING IN THE FIRST PRIMARY AND THE RUNOFF By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Every analysis of the Mississippi debacle has focused on county data, but no one as of Read More
Republicans Defeated Eric Cantor But Couldn’t Defeat Thad Cochran By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Last week we rebutted claims that Democrats elected Dave Brat when in fact the strongest anti-Cantor vote came out of the most Republican of precincts. The Read More
OPINION: How Chris Christie’s Coattailless Landslide Jaded Down-Ballot Republicans When He Needed Them Most By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Many commentators, both inside and out of New Jersey, have questioned why so few Republicans have piped up in support of Read More
By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Fifty years ago this morning, men still wore crewcuts, hats and narrow ties. Women’s fashions were decided by whatever Jackie Kennedy wore. The number one song was a whiny ballad called “I’m Leaving Read More
High-Income Whites Put Booker Over the Top By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog It’s not often that a Republican wins Wallington, South Hackensack, Lyndhurst, Ridgefield and Rochelle Park and loses Oradell, Old Tappan, Norwood, Woodcliff Lake and Northvale Read More
