http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nj2008/ en-us Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129068/posts Pack away that "Drill, Baby, Drill" T-shirt with the old disco clothes. While President-elect Barack Obama said in his victory speech Tuesday that some of the changes he promised will take time, New Jersey Democrats expect a lot to happen quickly. Within days of inauguration, the new administration might reverse policies on offshore drilling, chemical plant security, stem-cell research and children’s health care — issues that have bedeviled New Jersey Democrats during the Bush years. Even before the inauguration, change appears to be happening. WHAT NJ WANTSWish list for our sharePresident Bush indicated Wednesday he is open to discussing another... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129068/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128223/posts Being behind bars didn’t bar some Passaic County Jail inmates from voting this week. In what some officials are saying is a first for the county, 22 men and women in the jail’s cell blocks used absentee ballots to vote. "We’ve been encouraging any inmates who are eligible under the law to vote," said Bill Maer, spokesman for the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, which runs the jail. "This is one of the first times we had a concentrated program to encourage inmates to participate in the election." Nearly all of the eligible inmates who cast a ballot registered to vote... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128223/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 23:13:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127265/posts A family of Barack Obama supporters awakened this morning to find a burned 6-foot cross on the front lawn of their home in northern Warren County, police said. The charred cross was partly wrapped with a homemade congratulatory banner that declared "President Obama Victory '08" and had been stolen from the lawn the night before, police said. The Star-Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127265/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:39:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125168/posts IL, ME, MA, CT, NJ, MD called for Obama by FoxNews.com FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125168/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123982/posts Sen. Menendez was just on Fox on Cavuto's show. Cavuto took Menendez to the woodshed regarding Obama's insane plan to raise taxes by over a trillion dollars to pay for the already announced Reid-Pelosi-Obama butchering of the US economy once they're in power. Cavuto noted that Reid-Pelosi have already announced the insane multi-trillion dollar tax increase to pay for their litany of insane leftist programs, including bankrupting politically incorrect businesses, hugely increasing foreign aid to socialist hell holes, destroying the coal and nuclear power industries, and raising taxes on "the rich" (anyone making more than $42K/year). Cavuto then went through... Fox News Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123982/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122657/posts 12:35 PM EST. OPI OPINION RESEARCH JUST CALLED MY UNLISTED PHONE AND ASKED FOR ME BY NAME. WENT THROUGH ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND MY LOCAL CONGRESS RACE...PLUS ASKED MY OPINION OF CORZINE.....ASKED HOW LIKELY I WAS TO VOTE, EDUCATION LEVEL, INCOME LEVEL, AND RACE. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122657/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:50:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122198/posts GALLOWAY TWP.--The clock is ticking away until one of the most historical presidential elections of our time. And in anticipation of Tuesday's Election Day, the Hughes Center at Stockton and the Press of Atlantic City released their latest South Jersey poll. Likely voters in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Congressional Districts of the state were surveyed from October 27th through the 29th. The latest results show, Barack Obama with 51.5% in his favor, over John McCain who is trailing at 38.6%. Compared to a similar poll taken in September, Obama has gained 3.4 percentage points, signaling undecided voters are swayed... NBC40 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122198/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 01:57:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117987/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading African-American pastor says he can't support Barack Obama because the presidential candidate is out of the mainstream when it comes to abortion. Pastor Clenard Childress, says Obama is favors unlimited abortions and wants to overturn state laws to reduce abortions.Childress, the senior pastor of New Calvary Baptist Deliverance Church in Montclair, New Jersey, says he no longer buys the "lip service" he gets from Democratic presidential candidates."The Democrat Party has for years given lip service to the African-American community. They have talked about prominence without fulfilling the promise," he says. "They patronize without... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117987/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111583/posts In his weekly column last week, Bishop Arthur Serratelli urged Catholics against voting for Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, based on his pro-abortion stance. "Every vote counts. Today, either we choose to respect and protect life, especially the life of the child in the womb of the mother or we sanction the loss of our most basic freedoms," wrote Serratelli in his column that appeared on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson Web site. Stopping short of mentioning the Illinois senator by name, Serratelli, nevertheless, criticized his legislative voting record on abortion issues. "In 2002, as an Illinois... NorthJersey News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111583/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:37:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111202/posts With two polls released this morning showing Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain in the Garden State by between 17 and 23 points, former Gov. Tom Kean acknowledged that winning this state is a long-shot, and that Vice-Presidential Sarah Palin hasn't helped. "I think one of the problems is there hasn't been much of a campaign in New Jersey, if any. That's always a problem. It's uphill for any Republican to win in New Jersey, and the ones who have won are those who have spent a great deal of time here," he told PolitickerNJ.com from California in a... PolitckerNJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111202/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108830/posts Today I am releasing an in-depth study of the Sequoia AVC Advantage direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machine, available at citp.princeton.edu/voting/advantage. I led a team of six computer scientists in a monthlong examination of the source code and hardware of these voting computers, which are used in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other states. Andrew Appel's blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108830/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105210/posts Even New Jerseyans can't stand living in New Jersey, according to a new poll that said nearly half of adults residing in the Garden State want to pull up stakes. The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll, released Wednesday, found 49 percent of those polled would rather live somewhere else. (snip) Poll participants cited high property taxes (28 percent), the cost of living (19 percent), state taxes (5 percent) and housing costs (6 percent) as the main reasons they want out. The poll also found that 51 percent of those who expressed a desire to leave planned to do so, with... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105210/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103338/posts Barack Obama is now ahead in every state won by John Kerry four years ago, and New Jersey is no exception. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Jersey finds Obama attracting 50% of the vote while McCain earns just 42%. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103338/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:20:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098167/posts 15. If the election for United States Senate were held today, for whom would you vote, Frank Lautenberg, the Democrat or Dick Zimmer, the Republican? Frank Lautenberg 48% Dick Zimmer 41% Undecided 11% Strategic Vision http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098167/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 21:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089370/posts I am writing on behalf of a group of McCain/Palin volunteers who met yesterday in Ramsey, NJ, in order to try to get out out the vote and garner support for the 2008 Campaign. . . the most important Presidential Campaign in recent memory. We were wondering if any thought has been given to holding a rally at Liberty State Park, in Jersey City, NJ sometime in October? In light of the enormous crowds Sarah Palin has been generating (most recently yesterday in Florida), we thought a perfect venue for a rally would be right on the Hudson at Liberty,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089370/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:13:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087521/posts New Jersey partisans are battling over the impact of Republican presidential candidate John McCain naming a woman as his running mate. The arguments break down along the lines of issues versus the individual. Republicans tout Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a historic, uniquely qualified candidate, while Democrats focus on what a McCain-Palin victory might mean to issues affecting women's rights. Women vote in larger percentages than men. How women react to the first woman on a Republican ticket could affect the election's outcome significantly. And it could upend expectations in Democrat-leaning New Jersey, where the presidential race has tightened since... The Press of Atlantic City http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087521/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086706/posts 15. If the election for United States Senate were held today, for whom would you vote, Frank Lautenberg, the Democrat or Dick Zimmer, the Republican? Frank Lautenberg 47% Dick Zimmer 40% Undecided 13% Strategic Vision http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086706/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:48:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086150/posts Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg leads Republican challenger Dick Zimmer by seven percentage points in New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Garden State finds Lautenberg on top 49% to 42%. That’s closer than the race was last month, but Lauternberg continues to hover right around the 50% level of support. Incumbents who poll below 50% are generally considered potentially vulnerable, and the New Jersey senator is the only Democrat in that category at the moment. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086150/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:54:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084915/posts AVON, N.J. (AP) — With oil and gas drilling heating up as an issue in the presidential race, environmentalists and the governor reiterated their opposition to tapping reserves off the state's coast, saying it would endanger the environment and the tourism industry on which New Jersey is so dependent. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084915/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083370/posts TRENTON, N.J. - Two presidential race polls out Tuesday indicate Republican John McCain has cut into Barack Obama's lead in New Jersey. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, McCain has narrowed his 10-point gap of a month ago to just 3 percentage points among likely voters, with 48 percent saying they favor Obama to 45 percent supporting McCain. A Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll has Obama's lead at 8 percentage points among likely voters, down from 14 points in July. In the most recent poll, Obama leads McCain 49 percent to 41 percent, with McCain having picked up 5 percent... ap via newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083370/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:53:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081356/posts A new poll shows that U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D., N.J.) enjoys a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Dick Zimmer heading into the fall election season. The Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind poll has Lautenberg leading, 46 percent to 35 percent, with Zimmer struggling to get his name known to the electorate. About 41 percent of respondents say they haven't heard of the former New Jersey congressman. Poll director Peter Woolley says Zimmer's name recognition may be suffering because of the attention given to the presidential election drama. Lautenberg is known to nine out of 10 New Jersey voters polled. The telephone poll... http://www.philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081356/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:23:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081298/posts With 15 electoral votes up for grabs in New Jersey, 47 percent of registered voters in the state said they support Sen. Barack Obama for president while 40 percent said they back Sen. John McCain in the presidential race, according to a new Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll. (Snip) However, Obama’s lead shrinks when looking at likely voters, including those who are leaning toward a specific candidate. lucianne.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081298/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:31:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081246/posts Presidential Race in New Jersey • Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Leads Republican Opponent John McCain by 7 Percentage Points in New Jersey: With 15 electoral votes up for grabs in New Jersey, 47% of registered voters in the state say they support Senator Barack Obama for president while 40% say they back Senator John McCain. That’s the same margin in New Jersey with which former Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry beat President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. However, Obama’s lead shrinks when looking at likely voters, including those who are leaning toward a specific candidate. 48%... Real Clear Politics, Marist Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081246/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:04:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081126/posts This Marist Poll reports: Presidential Race in New Jersey · Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Leads Republican Opponent John McCain by 7 Percentage Points in New Jersey: With 15 electoral votes up for grabs in New Jersey, 47% of registered voters in the state say they support Senator Barack Obama for president while 40% say they back Senator John McCain. That’s the same margin in New Jersey with which former Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry beat President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. However, Obama’s lead shrinks when looking at likely voters, including those who are leaning toward... Marist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081126/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080405/posts Former congressman Dick Zimmer, the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate seat, continues to have difficulty gaining electoral traction. According to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, 41% of voters say they haven’t heard of Zimmer and another third (33%) say they have no opinion of him. Frank Lautenberg, the Democratic incumbent, leads Zimmer among likely voters by 46% to 35%. Farleigh Dickinson University http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080405/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:37:25 GMT