We’ve been featuring inspiring video after inspiring video from New Jersey March for Our Lives events over the weekend. But there’s a moment from the Haddon Heights march that Phaedra Trethan at the Courier-Post picked up on that’s flown under…
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In a system where the bosses of both political parties have undue influence, we often end up with candidates who are part of that system and feel they are “entitled” to be anointed for higher office. And in Democratic politics,…
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This week, the Washington Post dove into the complicated dynamics of Democratic primaries throughout the country, and the increasingly questionable role that the DCCC is playing in those primaries: A black Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania is accusing the…
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State Senator Jeff Van Drew has been anointed by the South Jersey Democratic machine to run for the seat being vacated by Frank LoBiondo in New Jersey’s Second Congressional District. My friend Helen Duda took a look at Van Drew’s…
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Update: Here’s the link to the forum. A lot of good chatter in the comments. The CD-2 race is a big pickup opportunity for Democrats in the 2018 House race — especially with Republican Frank LoBiondo retiring. There are now four…
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As promised, Blue Jersey is reporting all 3 parts of Stephen Danley’s series – work in progress – on Rural Progressivism. Last night, Steve gave a talk on this at Progressive Hunterdon Democrats, and we had requests to make these…
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December 19, 2017 NJ11, NJ2, NJ3, NJ7, NJ9 2
As promised, I’m reposting Stephen Danley’s series, Rural Progressivism today, which Progressive Hunterdon Democrats requested last night so they can read up after Danley and former Assemblyman John Wisniewski discussed, What is a Progressive last night in Flemington. Bumped. We’re…
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December 4, 2017 NJ11, NJ2, NJ5, NJ7 6
Last night, Blue Jersey’s Professor Stephen Danley, who teaches at Rutgers Camden, spoke at Progressive Hunterdon Dems in Flemington. The topic: ‘What is a Progressive?’. Steve was subbing for another name on Blue Jersey’s masthead, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. Our…
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It’s been more than a year since the Trump election electrified progressives across the country, and nine months since the Cooper River Indivisible launched at the Collingswood Library to a crowd so large that many of us were forced to…
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Frank LoBiondo came into Congress during the Tea Party emergence in the 1994 election. He pledged to serve only six terms – he’s now on his eleventh. He’s against same-sex marriage, abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act, net neutrality, and…
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