Had an early-morning surprise trip to the doctor’s office this morning and it screwed up the way I planned to start my day. I had to miss The Morning After, Eagleton’s rapid-fire analysis which follows every election the next day when the…
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In Monday’s post there was turnout data from 2016 and 2014 for each of the five congressional seats in play – four Republican and one Democratic. The turnout in yesterday’s Primary tells us about how energized the base of both…
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Thoughts, arguments, ideas, rants, boos & yippees. If you’ve got ‘em post ‘em in the Comments below. 8:22pm – It’s a new day in Lambertville, Hunterdon County. Julia Fahl, whose first taste of politics was volunteering for John Kerry in…
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Bumped. What follows is a sharp rebuttal of former CD2 candidate Sean Thom’s critique of the two progressives in the twilight of the race in which he was once a candidate. As a candidate, Thom asked that we take his…
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“The Spirit of ’16 pervades the 2018 election, and it won’t work any better this time.”
You know all this, and some of it is basic. But there might be a co-worker, family member, friend, or neighbor who could use your help, particularly if they don’t know if they can vote today, or have a problem…
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Today is Primary Election Day in New Jersey. If you’re registered to vote, VOTE! If you don’t know where to vote, click here. NJ Spotlight’s candidate review. New Jersey House primaries carry national significance. In light of Russia’s successful manipulation…
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This will be an unpopular position among some of you with religious affiliation, but I would cheerfully junk the special vaunted position religion holds in this country – particularly when it is allowed to be used as a cudgel to…
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In a recent discussion between two NJ political consultants, Michael DuHaime, the person behind Gov. Christie’s election successes, said, on June 5, “I will be watching to see if the turnout disparity is higher than usual. Primary turnout (or lack…
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Above, part of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, on display at Pride yesterday. For more on the Quilt, see Bill Orr’s Pride coverage below, and here is the quilt’s website. This is America in 2018. Chilling: Rudy Giuliani, President…
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