One of the most corrupt states in the Union with the highest property and income taxes in the country, but voters step up and vote for more of the same each election. Kinda tough to feel sorry for them.
Menendez doesn’t have the backing of the Democratic Machine, he IS the machine. The dude is a Boss, he’s the Hudson county Boss.
The problem with NJ is that the bottom feeders, government workers out number suburban and rural voters.
If the bottom feeders stay home, this race could be won.
This should be interesting, Democrat Senators, Menendez, Whitehouse, Stabenow, Kaine, Nelson, Baldwin, Manchin, Donnelly, Heikamp, and many others in trouble for re-election. Dems could lose 6-12 Senate seats come November Mid-Term elections.
Today vote for Republicans Troy Balderson (Ohio Special Election) & John James (Senate, Michigan Republican Primary election))
“There has been no recent polling on the race, so it is hard to tell whether Mr. Hugin is gaining any traction among voters.”
FAKE NEWS. The poll cited below (Gravis), was a month ago, pretty recent, considering that there hasn’t been any significant developments since.
The poll has Melendez up by all of TWO POINTS - which is why the NY Times chose to ignore it. Being 2 points, it is now a TOSS UP...in the margin of error.
OBVIOUS pick-up opportunity, something the NY Times, of course, doesn’t want to discuss.
Here we go again. NJ is in play until the votes are tallied and the GOP gets smoked again.
A bit more background here:
While one would think that the criminal trial of a US Senator facing decades in jail would be a national story, the media did a great job spiking it outside of New Jersey, but it was reported extensively in New Jersey, so people know how corrupt he is.
What was even more interesting was that he was prosecuted under Obama, who wasn’t known for ever prosecuting Democrats. Many of us believe that the prosecution was retribution for publicly opposing Obama’s love affair with Cuba’s government. I think the plan was to have him convicted and tossed out of the Senate, to be replaced with another Democrat, who would, of course, not have a problem holding the seat...and thus TEACHING A LESSON to all Democrats who might think of opposing Obama (or Hillary) in a public manner.
Two things apparently went wrong. (1) Menendez was NOT convicted (hung jury), and will not be convicted - no re-trial. So he was free to run again - tarnished and all, and probably would have been ok, except that (2) happened, which was that his opponent actually has some real cash and knows how to use it against Menendez.
Should be a fun race to watch...although it will be interesting to see if the Dems don’t try to replace him before November.
I suspect that Trump is not nearly so unpopular in Jersey as the NY Slimes seems to think he is.
Maybe it’s time for Frank Lautenberg to step in to replace Menendez
After watching dozens of #walkaway videos, election day could be full of surprises.
Ha!
Keep singing that song and you'll be crying and yelling at the sky all over again in Novemember
NOT in my house, he isn't.
ML/NJ
It’s still New Jersey.
after his trial concluded in a hung jury...
The FIX was in from the beginning. Obviously, some of the jurors were “bought”. Hung jury, my ass.