The Sopranos was a 'Reality Show'...................
Posted on 09/25/2023 11:36:39 AM PDT by FarCenter
With apologies to Woody Allen, Bob Menendez’s corruption meltdown and key party organizations’ subsequent decision to give him the heave ho accelerated their timeline to make coordinated leadership moves.
Like U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) before him, perhaps U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3) simply marches to his own drummer.
But it is also conceivable that he marches to his own drummer while absorbing the intel of insiders fiercely aware of what the machine is and does.
The peculiar language of Kim’s announcement intrigues, because the congressman specifically says he is running against Menendez.
He’s not, evidently, running simply for the senate seat, regardless of whether Menendez exists or does not exist.
He’s running against Menendez.
Why is that significant?
It suggests the capacity for Burlington County, whether Kim endorses this or not, to play within that runway of time in which Menendez persists in being a candidate in 2024.
“I am not going anywhere,” he said.
Good, says the establishment, and those in Burlington looking to make moves behind Kim’s audacious ambition.
Senator.
Governor.
Senate President.
Speaker.
Lieutenant Governor.
These things all come together at once.
So, the Essex-Bergen-Passaic-Middlesex eject button on Menendez hastens their decision-making on all slots in question.
Of course, Hudson can’t move right now.
That’s Menendez’s home county.
But did Burlington catch on that the party leadership of those muscled up counties in question have settled the terrain without BurlCo’s input and thereby propel Kim into the race?
Let’s look at the pieces that we cannot ignore.
U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11) is the Essex County favorite for statewide office.
If Bergen supports her for governor or senate, it’s because Essex backs U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-5) for governor or senate.
Now, who gets what?
The Democratic Party is in shambles right now because of Mennedez.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) knows that.
Sees it.
Feels it.
He needs to plug a star into Menendez’s seat, someone who can galvanize the electorate, especially with President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket next year.
Schumer needs Sherrill.
Whatever the gubernatorial aspirations for Sherrill among the New Jersey crum bums that run things here, Schumer needs Sherrill.
Now.
So, Sherrill seems – at this moment in time – more likely for U.S. Senate than governor – as a matter of national mission critical priority for Democrats.
That puts Gottheimer in position as the gubernatorial candidate in 2025.
What about Middlesex?
They were on the same email activation chain that told Menendez to resign.
They’re part of this.
They already have Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19) at speaker.
Well, not so fast.
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Gottheimer for guv?
Oy gevalt.
The Sopranos was a 'Reality Show'...................
New Jersey is a corrupt State and always has been, until People of that State rise up and fight it nothing will change..
I grew up in New Jersey. When the majority of people benefit from corruption, there is no reason to rise up.
Note what the article doesn’t say? One word about the voters and whether the candidates will appeal to them. Oh no, that is irrelevant. This is just all sorting. Sad. Very very sad.
Yep that is my point...land of the lawless..
‘always has been’ corrupt ???
no not ‘always’
just for the last 70 years or so.
In NJ there has always been friction between the North Jersey and South Jersey democrats. It shows up when something like this happens. If Menedez hangs on long enough to force a real Democratic Primary contest it could get interesting. I knew something was up when Governor Murphy was so quick to call for Menedez to resign.
Much has to do with the proximity to New York City and the graft and corruption that flows out of there and that has been going on for a couple of centuries.
David Reuben wrote the book. He’s the one that gets the apology. Woody just made the movie later.
Nobody I’ve seen has yet to mention that Menendez took his biggest donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen’s private jet to Epstein’s Lolita island. Melgen was an opthamologist who bulked the medicaid system out of millions through bogus billings. He was convicted and sent to prison until President Trump pardoned him. Being fond of young girls and boys seems to be a habit with democrats.
“When the majority of people benefit from corruption, there is no reason to rise up.”
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People also love government largesse, even if the government incurs debt and raises taxes to pay for it all. People still view government “services” as free and re-elect those who provide them.
“It’s not Chinatown, Jake, it’s New Jersey.”
LOL!
In New Jersey the fraud is so hard wired and endemic in Hudson, Passaic, Union, Middlesex, Mercer and Camden counties that a statewide Republican candidate needs 57% of the actual votes cast to win an election.
A lot will depend if the urban voters stay home next Election Day.
Kim may be running but if Menendez is forced out, I would not be surprised to see Murphy to appoint a black female to fill out his term and run for the seat, thus giving urban voters a reason to show up.
>>Note what the article doesn’t say? One word about the voters and whether the candidates will appeal to them. Oh no, that is irrelevant.
Correct. Voters don’t enter into the management of the succession process within the Party. That is strictly a matter of conflict and compromise between the Party heavyweights and their backers.
We have a two-party system while China has a one-party system. But the mechanics of getting ahead within the party are pretty similar.
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