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Chamber Splits GOP Primary in New Jersey
The Daily Caller ^ | Neil Munro

Posted on 05/23/2014 2:08:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal

Steve Lonegan, a libertarian-leaning former mayor, is running slightly behind self-funded insurance executive Tom MacArthur in a sharp-elbowed New Jersey GOP primary race for a House seat.

The two candidates clashed repeatedly during a May 21 radio show, when MacArthur portrayed Lonegan as a big spender, and Lonegan portrayed MacArthur as a crony capitalist tool of the Chamber of Commerce.

Lonegan said that MacArthur won the chamber’s support by agreeing to back the “comprehensive immigration reform” plan, which would increase levels of immigration. “You have to answer ‘yes’ to that question to get that endorsement,” Lonegan said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: christie; lonegan; macarthur; nj; northeast; schumer; steve; tom

1 posted on 05/23/2014 2:08:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

I can’t find a single solitary chamber maiden who opposes amnesty.


2 posted on 05/23/2014 2:40:21 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

The Chamber of Crony Capitalism....long ago they quit being anything other than useful idiots


3 posted on 05/23/2014 2:58:43 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster

“The Chamber of Crony Capitalism....long ago they quit being anything other than useful idiots”

They are now a money laundering operation for the corporatist lobby.


4 posted on 05/23/2014 4:19:28 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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