Talking point? Get out of your political bubble and join the real world. Ppl in the real world don't have "talking points." For cryin out loud. By the way, the unemployment rate in NJ is 4.7%, same as the nat'l avg. What do you think of that? 4.7. Is that a good number or a bad number?
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Surely you know better than to start throwing statistics around as proof that New Jersey isn't a cesspool of a state. There are all sorts of explanations for our so-called "great" unemployment rate- our high population density means that there's always going to be a high demand for low-tier service jobs, the government in this state is massive and always hiring, and a significant part of the population works in New York, DE, and PA.
The only "political bubble here" is how someone- no less a Republican- actually has the gall to try to defend the second worst managed state in the country. Hell, you'd probably launch a giant Spin Zone in defense of California if you lived there.
Of course, I bet you're one of those limousine Republicans that this state is famous for having, which is why, once again, you see nothing wrong in that nice little bubble of yours.