Move on off Race for the Top. Look over there! Look it's a SHINY OBJECT LOOK LOOK NOW! SHINY SHINY!

by: Rosi Efthim

Thu Sep 02, 2010 at 05:41:17 PM EDT

Some in the GOP are heavily engaged right now in deflecting, diverting, and dismissing. It's "D" week, here in New Jersey! To get you to look OVER HERE at some SHINY OBJECT so you won't think about the loss of nearly half a billion smackeroos to our schools. Or why the Governor's dillydallying on applying for $268 million federal dollars to hire back some of our teachers so class size is more manageable, for those same schools. Or whether all this may represent a fundamental lack of support for public education, and a defunding of same. And while, yes, the government still has to go on whilst an investigation of the events leading up to the Race to the Top "mistakes," it's funny how some people didn't get the memo that New Jersey politicians look ridiculous right now trying to blame the feds for a Jersey bout of incompetence, and how others continue tough-talking, using terms like "reform" with no apparent sense of irony for what and who they're willing to sacrifice for their own "reform". Cases in point:

Assembly Republican Minority Leader Alex DeCroce's SHINY OBJECT:

Even if the administration did everything right, the Obama administration was never going to give the governor a nickel," DeCroce said. "There was no chance he was going to get that money from D.C.

Gov. Chris Christie's SHINY OBJECT: Gov. Chris Christie to Delaware River Port Authority: Come Up With Reforms -- And Fast.

Hearings: They're coming. And they'd better be well-run, with tough questions asked. That's the direction I'm looking in. Screw the shiny objects. Keep your eye on the ball, NJ Legislature.

Rosi Efthim :: Move on off Race for the Top. Look over there! Look it's a SHINY OBJECT LOOK LOOK NOW! SHINY SHINY!

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Move on off Race for the Top. Look over there! Look it's a SHINY OBJECT LOOK LOOK NOW! SHINY SHINY! | 6 comments

Poor Christie! (0.00 / 0)

Poor, poor Chris Christie. He has no friends. Certainly the Democrats don't like what he's done to the state and the Tea Partiers think he's too sane to be one of them because he supports some environmental reforms.

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by: deciminyan @ Thu Sep 02, 2010 at 22:22:40 PM UTC

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Definitely don't look at this, for example... (4.00 / 1)

"Democrats may call for an investigation into whether the governor's office considered sending false information to federal education officials to help secure $75 million in leftover grant funding after losing out on the bigger pot."

Where did THAT one come from? There is more that comes out every day, and there is so much of it that lots of it just gets buried in the overall story. I hope that the legislative hearings will unpack the whole thing and glad to see that the legislative leadership is still on the ball on this one.

And, BTW, the whole trying to drive to Camden and replay the DRPA story that already was in the paper two weeks ago and four weeks ago? I'd love to see what other "move along" options they were considering. Perhaps drive to Six Flags - headline "Governor visits amusement park"? Or drive to Edison and show up in some classroom for the first day of school?

Oh, wait. Gotta stay away from the schools...

by: the_promised_land @ Thu Sep 02, 2010 at 22:32:57 PM UTC

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It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Thu Sep 02, 2010 at 22:43:56 PM UTC

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