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Republican Gov. Chris Christie may have “prayed” for Superstorm Sandy because it has provided political cover for his failed economic policies, the Democratic leader of the state Senate said Monday. Senate President Stephen Sweeney, the state’s most powerful elected Democrat and a possible contender for his party’s nomination for governor, said Christie’s jobs plan before the late October storm was a disaster and now the reconstruction will provide an economic boost through thousands of new construction jobs. … “His jobs package is a hurricane,” Sweeney said during a press conference on Monday, the day before Christie was set to deliver...

What’s politically toxic in Campaign 2006? On the CBS Evening News Friday night, Katie Couric covered the U.S. Senate race in New Jersey, and the danger was apparently a Republican standing anywhere near Team Bush. Couric pressed Republican candidate Tom Kean Jr. about President Bush: "Would you like him to come?" The second time she asked, she giggled. She weirdly compared the Kean family to the fictional mob family in The Sopranos. (Would she ever do that to the Kennedys?) Couric ever-so-barely revealed "scandal has wracked the Democratic Party here," but gave no specifics. Newly appointed Sen. Bob Menendez is...

Mountainside, N.J. – United States Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. will make a major campaign announcement Monday, March 27th 2006. WHO: Tom Kean Jr. WHERE: State House Annex Room 101/103 Trenton DATE: March 27th, 2006 TIME: 10:30 A.M. I wonder what it could be about?

  S2261 Revises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater.   SENATE, No. 2261STATE OF NEW JERSEY211th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED JANUARY 24, 2005 Sponsored by: Senator JOHN H. ADLERDistrict  6 Camden SYNOPSISRevises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT    As introduced. An Act concerning destructive devices, amending N.J.S.2C:39-1 and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. N.J.S.2C:39-1 is amended to read as follows:2. C:39-1. Definitions. The following definitions apply to this...

Senate candidate's exposure brings party disapproval By Monica Yant Kinney Inquirer Columnist With all due respect to my good friend Boss Norcross and the no-show job scandal rocking the South Jersey machine, the hottest political story in the state involves male genitalia from way up north. I speak of Jim Morrison, the Sussex County lawyer/helicopter pilot/TV personality running for state Senate - not the dead guy from The Doors. Morrison, some of you may know, achieved fame as an openly gay finalist on the ABC reality show The Mole a couple of years ago. He became such a household name...

<p>“Whoever murdered Laci Peterson – a mother eight months into her pregnancy – is guilty of committing not one but TWO murders, and justice demands that the killer pay the price. That’s not just California law talking, that’s common sense talking. The question for today in Morris County is simple: where does liberal Bob Martin stand on this fundamental question? Does he agree with his allies among the radical pro-abortion crowd, or will he now stand and fight to protect the rights of mothers and their pre-born children?</p>

<p>Pointing fingers and raising voices in exasperation, former Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Republican Senate candidate Doug Forrester discussed issues face to face for the first time Tuesday, before editors from the seven Gannett New Jersey newspapers.</p> <p>Sharp and aggressive, Lautenberg called Forrester too hawkish on war and out of step with New Jersey's concerns about the economy, health and the environment. Forrester remained calm and steadfast, his voice rising a few times, as he countered with criticism of the former senator's voting record and insisted national security is paramount to voters this year.</p>

THERE'S GOOD NEWS and bad news for Republicans in the New Jersey Senate race. The good news is GOP candidate Doug Forrester isn't the stiff he's been cracked up to be. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," he was feisty and disciplined. The bad news is that with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal yesterday to interfere with the replacement of Sen. Robert Torricelli by Frank Lautenberg as the Democratic nominee, Forrester is now the underdog. And because of that, Democrats have a slightly better-than-even chance of retaining control of the Senate in the November 5 midterm election. New Jersey's is one...

Want to help Doug Forrester? Call his office or sign up at his volunteer registration page: http://www.forrester2002.com/volunteer/volunteer.asp If you are out of state, I suggest calling his office: 609.890.4699 Get out the vote!!

The NJ Senate race is close. It can be won by a massive get out the vote effort. The Democrats are masters at this, it's time we beat them at their own game. If you live in the surrounding area (NY, PA, CT) please do the nation a favor. Make a trip to New Jersey to help get out the vote. What needs to be done? Here are a few examples: 1. Literature drop at Churches. Target those Church groups most likely to vote Republican. Invite them to schedule an hour out of their day on Nov. 5th to vote....

Mr. Genova also uncovered a legal memorandum from Mr. Forrester's lawyer written in April, when State Senator Diane Allen, one of Mr. Forrester's opponents in the Republican primary, was trying to block him from taking the ballot position of James W. Treffinger. Mr. Treffinger, the Essex County executive, had resigned from the race because of scandal three days earlier, or 40 days before the primary. Senator Allen maintained that moving Mr. Forrester's name to Mr. Treffinger's place on the ballot would come too late under Title 19 of the state election law, which sets a deadline of 51 days before...

<p>WASHINGTON - Three years ago, Texas investment mogul R. Allen Stanford became embroiled in a bitter dispute with U.S. authorities who said he was using his financial and political clout to subvert banking laws in Antigua, threatening to make that impoverished island nation a haven for money launderers.</p> <p>When Antiguan officials promised to clean up their laws, and Stanford stepped down from an agency that regulated his own offshore bank, U.S. officials backed off and the conflict died down.</p>