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If, before you get to the end of this (if you make it that far) you are wondering why this matters, consider that there must be a reason why Brett Schundler is looking to re-launch his failed political career. There's a lesson for a larger problem that I'll return to a bit later. Bear with me.
If you've followed anything in Hudson County politics of late, you know that the long-feared Hudson County Democratic Organization is...well, dis-organizing. To be more precise, it is (or has or some form of "to be") split. Sort of. Maybe.
It all started when the earth cooled. But that's too much history to cover here. Fast forward to a time before State Senator Bernard Kenny fell while jogging and somehow sustained injuries that looked a lot like he got hit by a car. In fact, go back just far enough for Jon Corzine to win the 2005 election as Governor of New Jersey and watch him name 13th Congressional District Congressman Bob Menendez as his replacement.
Immediately, all of the ambition that had been capped by Menendez' undeniable command of the District came uncorked. People went crazy. Cats were sleeping with dogs, unicorns were goring people in the streets, and Albio Sires, the sitting Speaker of the Assembly, was challenged in the primary to replace Menendez by Joe Vas (sort of - Vas actually didn't file for the unexpired term, only for the new term that started in January of 2007).
From there, it kind of gets crazy. If, that is, by "crazy", I mean "totally predictable and chaotic". Make the jump.
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