Posted on 08/26/2017 2:52:56 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The developing Menendez trial stunned wounded Hudson guys who for years stared in awe at the artful internationalism of their godfather, the kid from Union City who grew up with many of them – and then kept growing, into one of the wonders of the Hudson world and – improbably given his humble background – chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a probable future Secretary of State.
Now he’s in trouble, the senior senator from New Jersey, up on federal corruption charges; and conversations about that seat he occupies play out as part of that political juggling act that goes on when the interested parties look to land something…
The Menendez Trial unfolds even as Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) looks to withstand the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)-fueled onslaught of unheralded Salem County GOP Chairman/every man Fran Grenier. Most insiders believe Sweeney – while breaking a mild workout sweat – will handle Greiner. But the lingering question against the backdrop of the Menendez mess is to what extent powerful South Jersey Democratic pooh-bah George Norcross III will push to maintain Sweeney atop the Trenton ant pile, when the enticement of having his brother, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-1), in the U.S. Senate presents a legacy-defining statewide opportunity.
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California and New Jersey are the rot of an apple. I know older people from both states who do not recognize their respective states. Liberalism is a rapidly spreading disease.
I was born and raised in Hudson County, NJ. Kearny, NJ,named after it’s most famous local son Union General Phil Kearny. Hudson County has stunk to high Heaven from political corruption for over one hundred years. Nothing anyone can ever do about it.
Sweeney is corrupt as they come and he made the mistake of trying to work with Christie to fix the budget and pissed off the NJEA.
The NJEA sent us text and email blasts about supporting Sweeney and Macarthur (R), supporting them. Now Sweeney is allegedly persona non grata, ha. NJ is corrupt as they come. Christie won twice, in a Dem state, because voters on both sides thought he would change things. He changed some things for the better but it’s never enough here. And he screwed up on other things that wouldn’t have made headlines if he was a Dem.
Sweeney won’t lose his seat. It’s all theater.
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