Posted on 11/03/2009 11:39:32 AM PST by freespirited
From a reader:
Thought I'd chime in. I've been working in Newark (biggest city in NJ, Dem stronghold) for the past 3 days, making calls, putting up signs, etc. The biggest thing going on today is no one here is going to the polls. In one polling place 49 votes were cast by 11 am, in contrast, at the same time last year, there were 378 votes cast. Unless people come out of the wood works in Newark, Christie may win this by 2-3 points regardless of Daggett. Speaking of Daggett, in my home county (Morris, Christie's base) Daggeett was the LAST name on the ballot, all the way to the right. I concur with your reader who earlier stated that he was not worried about him any more.
Update: A Hoboken reader says that he also sees good early signs for Christie:
If Hoboken is an indication, Corzine is dead. Blew right in to my voting station at 8, which is in southwest Hoboken, usually Obama central. The only guy holding a sign nearby was for the Republican candidate Brinkman—I never heard of him but he can’t be as bad as the kleptocrats running the joint now, and funnier, people were going up to him and chatting. The Zimmer guy—not so much. A few young commuting workers followed me in and it just seemed like people cared only for the mayoral race. Bottom line: apathy in Hoboken=win for Christie.
He’s from Kansas via NYC/Goldman, but he makes his formal
NJ home in Hoboken, as that’s the closest you can get to NYC on the west side of the Hudson.
I think Frank Sinatra was too. LOL
Take into account that most voters also WORK for a living. COme 5pm see what the volume is.
don’t forget ...this is first time for absentee ballots...no questions ,no need for excuses.NO ID CHECK...supposely over 300,000 have been issued
ACORN better get those buses on the road pronto.
You don’t have to go out to vote if someone has voted absentee for you....three times.
EYEp-......WHERE THEY ROUNDED UP THOSE 52 rats a few weeks ago...all his buddies.
Corslime went to college in Chicago.
The problem is that a lot of voters in Newark and Hudson County might wind up “voting” for Corzine even without showing up at the polls.
Good news in Newark? I thought it might be a nuke went off and leveled that dump. Camden would be even better.
Dem NJ voters will probably be voting from their graves or their new homes in FL or NC?
Sinatra was the most famous guy from Hoboken and the second most famous is actor Joe Pantoliano aka Joey Pants.
One stop on the PATH rapid transit train, Closer than nearly all of Manhattan,
I have great admiration for people in NJ working very hard to get out the vote for Christie plus people in other states today. Trying to get a Rep elected in NJ and holding signs etc is a thankless and possibly dangerous job in the “garden” state.
One thing that may be interesting and positive is white libs and moderates realize things are bad and getting worse. Eventually a brain cell will fire and say - maybe we need a change from Dem communism.
“Good news in Newark? I thought it might be a nuke went off and leveled that dump.”
Hey, c’mon, I grew up in Newark. :>)
Well, actually not exactly Newark but a town just on it’s western border (Irvington). Haven’t lived there for decades but I can tell you, it ain’t what it used to be.
This is encouraging news. Though I am reminded of all the reports a year ago about heavy GOP turnout and how just maybe McCain and Palin would do OK. Oh well. But with some real numbers to back up the evidence this year it does sound good. 49 votes cast v. 378 a year ago in a Demo stronghold?? Sure sound like good news.
If Christie and McDonnell both win I think Repubs will then have 24 governorships. Not bad for a party that is supposed to be in such awful shape.
I had relatives in Patterson (1930s - when it was nice), Clifton (1960s) when it was nice and other areas. What is unreal is how generally nice, usually intelligent people can vote for such corrupt idiots in NJ.
Ever been to Big Stash’s in Linden near Elizabeth?
It seems like the operatiove line when referring to almost any town in NJ is “it is not what it used to be.”
I doubt Camden was ever nice.
“I think Frank Sinatra was too. LOL”
Frank Sinatra voted for obama during the last election.
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