Sun Jul 20, 2008 at 11:11:33 AM EDT
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Campaign roundup
New Jersey Republicans are understandably running away from President Bush.
Chris Myers confuses the roles of state and federal government.
Jon Corzine
Barack Obama isn't the only American public officeholder headed overseas this weekend. Today, Jon Corzine is flying to Israel to talk trade.
Bob Menendez
What is Bob Menendez doing getting mixed up in an international naming dispute?
Transportation
The Courier Post and Philadelphia Inquirer weigh in on the DRPA toll increase, as does Thurman Hart.
Drilling
The Asbury Park Press wins the prize for most misleading headline of the day. The column suggests that there is a "partisan rift" in New Jersey on drilling for oil on the outer continental shelf, yet two of the four Republican congressmen running for re-election as well as US House candidates Leonard Lance and Chris Myers oppose drilling.
David Rebovich
Rider University is naming their Institute for New Jersey Politics after David Rebovich, who died of a heart attack while teaching a class at the university last October. Dems 2000 co-founder and long-time leader Ben Dworkin will helm the Rebovich Institute.
Education
The New York Times examines the recent successes at one Newark school.
The Home News Tribune slams recent tuition increases at New Jersey's public universities.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick City Clerk Daniel Torrisi shamefully obstructs efforts to reform city government.
Sharpe James
Sharpe James wants leniency, yet he still refuses to express any contrition.
Weather
The state's most recent heat wave continues today.
Odd news
Bees were the buzz on the Turnpike on Saturday. |
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