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Evidence that Murphy isn’t superstitious

January 4, 2018 12:07 am

Phil Murphy is the first Governor to hold an inauguration day prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton since Jim Florio did it in 1990. At least he didn’t pick the Princeton University Chapel, where Jim McGreevey and...

The early approval ratings problem

January 4, 2018 12:06 am

Phil Murphy exudes the same kind of confidence in his own political future as most New Jersey Governors do when they’re about to take office. (One exception was pre-hubris Chris Christie, who initially believed New Jersey would only give him...

Call it the Gottheimer Society

January 4, 2018 12:05 amFebruary 27, 2018 1:11 pm

Two years ago, former Clinton White House speechwriter Josh Gottheimer mounted a successful challenge to seven-term GOP Rep. Scott Garrett. Now two members of the Barack Obama’s administration, Tom Malinowski and Andy Kim, are looking to take on Republican Congressmen....

Democrats eyeing four NJ House seats

January 4, 2018 12:02 am

The path to a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives runs straight through New Jersey, where as many as four Republican House seats are potentially up for grabs in the 2018 mid-term election. Democrats are the early favorites...

Success is in the eye of the beholder

January 4, 2018 12:01 am

Gov. Chris Christie told a New Jersey 101.5 audience last November that he thinks the New Jersey Republican Party is “no worse off,” of “even better off,” than it was before he became Governor. I strongly disagree with that characterization....

Someday, some politician is gonna want this job

January 4, 2018 12:01 am

Larry Hazzard, Sr. has a job with a $142,000-a-year job with a very cool title: he’s the Commissioner of the State Athletic Control Board. He’s held that post since Gov. Tom Kean appointed him in 1985. For those who are...