Pallone ignored the wrong brain-injured, 5-year-old little girl (Sarah Jane)

by: SarahJanesDad

Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 06:31:42 PM EDT

Here is the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
and here is the website to provide context and additional information about Congressman Frank Pallone who is blocking the most broad-based, bi-partisan healthcare initiative during this entire Congress dealing with the #1 leading cause of death and disability for American youth - brain injury : H. Con. Res. 198
Visit www.VoiceForMyChild.com for more information and if you'd like to post any constructive questions I would be more than happy to answer them.

Congressman Pallone's negatives are up 7 points and Anna Little has surged with Independents since we launched Voice For My Child!

Sincerely,
Sarah Jane's dad!

"Frank Pallone hates children"

by: ken bank

Thu Oct 21, 2010 at 11:23:28 PM EDT

OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but just a bit.  The bottom line is that an "independent" group is featuring Diane Gooch in an ad attacking Pallone for "blocking" a resolution to help kids with brain injuries.  

See for yourself how Little's supporters are using kids with brain injuries as political props.

Pallone: This is Franklin Roosevelt vs. Herbert Hoover.

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Jun 16, 2010 at 02:19:19 PM EDT

Frank Pallone & DFA Chair Jim Dean

Question: Are you now running against the candidate you wanted to run against all along?
Frank Pallone: Doesn't matter to me. Either way, the I have to run on my record and they'll make me the issue. The main thing is that it's going to be a clear divide on the issues. She's certainly a right-winger and it will be the biggest divide. She (Anna Little) ran as the Tea Party candidate, with the Tea Party's positions, on women's right to choose, on guns. But it's also about the role of the federal government.

Question: How do you see Little on the federal government?
Frank Pallone: Well, I want to talk a little about activist government vs. limited government. Government should not do everything. But when we're in a recession - in tough times - that's not when the government should sit back and do less. We need to help out.

This is Franklin Roosevelt versus Herbert Hoover. When you've got recession, it's not the time for the federal government to say, Let's let everything go. The Recovery Act, the stimulus, efforts to create jobs, creating safety nets for people; federal government can make a difference for people, but she's against that. And people are going to know who they're choosing based on those issues.

Question: Diane Gooch was the candidate the GOP establishment wanted, but she wasn't the candidate who had support on the ground. How does this fact speak to you about the power of grassroots organizing?
Frank Pallone: You know, the right wing thinks they'll get the the people out and do well. They think that they're the ones who have the grassroots support. I think it's important  for progressives to  to understand that it's important right now to get involved - knock on doors, volunteer, talk to friends.

The Right is of the opinion that they're organized. And they think that we're not.

That's a cautionary last statement, isn't it? I want to add here that Rep. Pallone will be a Speaker & Mentor at the Democracy for America national Campaign Training next Saturday June 26. We put that Training in Ocean County because that is where Chris Christie slammed Jon Corzine, whose Campaign Chair was Rep. Pallone.(Full disclosure: Jeff Gardner & I are both organizers of that Training.)  

Tea Party victory in NJ-6

by: Rosi Efthim

Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 02:00:48 PM EDT

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Diane Gooch -  rich, connected, and blond -  was supposed to stroll easily to the GOP nomination for the chance to run against Frank Pallone in NJ-6. But Highlands Mayor Anna Little, "Tea Party-approved", had other plans and her campaign had more life, more visible signage, and way more ferocity.

And now they might have their win. politickernj is reporting that Diane Gooch - after a provisional ballot count shows her 84 votes behind - is prepared to concede.  

Headed to a recount in the 6th

by: Jason Springer

Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 06:25:14 PM EDT

"A recount is the only legal mechanism we have to secure confidence in the result, ensuring that no errors in the tabulation of votes have taken place," said Gooch Campaign Manager Tony Sayegh. "There are also some specific concerns we have about the treatment of Vote By Mail ballot requests, the security and custody of election materials, and electronic data cartridges arriving with error messages that must be investigated further. This will be done as expeditiously as possible; we look forward to determining a winner in the near future."

Little, a tea party-backed candidate who raised one-twentieth the amount of campaign funds Gooch did, doubted Gooch could overcome the 84 vote deficit when most were recorded on electronic machines.

"She has the right to do that," she said. "I don't believe it's going to change anything."

NJ-6 GOP: Little declares victory, Gooch won't concede

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 04:05:53 PM EDT

Anna Little, the darling of Tea Parties, is declaring victory over Diane Gooch in the GOP Primary in NJ-6, and the right to oppose Rep. Frank Pallone from the right. This, despite a monster difference in their fundraising and spending - the last FEC filing pegs Gooch at about $433,000, Little at just under $22,000. And almost 50% of that came from the deep pockets of Gooch herself, the publisher of Two River Times, married to the CEO of a Wall Street brokerage firm, whose wealth runs to the hundreds of millions of dollars. Gooch, though  Little was elected mayor of Highlands, also manages to be the establishment candidate, as the Monmouth County GOP Vice-Chair and universal favorite of the inertia set.

Despite Little's claim of victory - and the attendant Tea Party joy that must accompany it - Diane Gooch is so far refusing to capitulate:

It's going to be a close call, and I assume that it's going to be a recount. I'm sure it's going to be a recount, because we need to count everyone's votes in the 6th District.

Yeah, the race is very close; less than one percent of the vote separates them - 105 votes out of 13,387 cast - and Gooch is talking recount. If I were Gooch, I'd be stammering recount too.

There's something refreshing about watching this play out. There's delight in watching the farther-right Republican best the party favorite - that can only be good for Pallone. But there's something organic and refreshing about watching civic engagement win out on the other side, like it sometimes wins out on ours. No matter who eventually wins the GOP primary, that kind of cleaning out the cobwebs feels right as rain today.

An open letter to Mary Pat Angelini

by: tabbycat31

Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 12:44:52 AM EDT

Dear Assemblywoman Angelini

I once semi-supported you since you do agree with me on the issue of marriage equality.  I once thought you were a moderate Republican, but I was wrong.

Since Christie took office, you have decided to go hard right and take a stand.  You are one of the lone legislators to suggest that the Christie administration sue the federal government over President Obama's health care plan (thus spending money New Jersey does not have suing the federal government over a bill that already saved New Jersey money).  

When you were at Diane Gooch's party tonight, you were talking about how out of touch Congressman Frank Pallone is.  I guess you fail to realize that Congressman Pallone is in the district whenever the House is not in session.  Yes your districts do overlap, but you must realize that Wall Township is not in Frank Pallone's district.  Unlike your claim, he DOES listen to his constituents.  

Hey Mary Pat-- I got a newsflash for you-- not all of your constituents wear teabags from hats.  Not all of them oppose President Obama's agenda.  You are conveniently leaving out cities like Asbury Park and Frank Pallone's hometown of Long Branch.  I do realize that you were in campaign mode, but most of the time state legislators and federal legislators whose districts are similar (like yours and Frank Pallone's) will work together.  Obviously you are instead taking the obstructionist position that the Republicans in Washington are taking.  Off hand I can't name one specific accomplishment you made for the people of the 11th district.  

Going far to the right and praising Chris Christie the way that you do just might cost you your seat next November.  I'll be the first one in line to work on your opponent's campaign.  

Signed

An angry constituent willing to work overtime to see you defeated.

Caption Contest: Gooch's New Ride

by: vincent solomeno

Fri Jun 04, 2010 at 02:00:00 PM EDT

As Art Gallagher at MoreMonmouthMusings pointed out, Gooch is no car enthusiast.  While the BMW she drove to earlier campaign appearances is conspicuously absent, her recently purchased wheels beat out others who've spent years restoring their own rides.

Lesson: Money can buy victory...at the Sayreville Car Show.

What do you say?  The floor is yours.

This should make sense......

by: tabbycat31

Sun May 30, 2010 at 12:39:58 AM EDT

In New Jersey, apparently you do not need to live in a Congressional district in order to run for Congress to represent that district.  Now that it is primary election season, I have been seeing a bunch of signs on the roads for challengers to incumbents (the only signs I've seen for incumbents have been in my lawn and a friend's lawn).

So in my neck of the woods I'm seeing a lot of signs for Anna Little (tea party Republican or as I like to call her Michele Bachmann 2.0) and Diane Gooch (Mrs. Hedge Fund).   As I was driving down into the 4th district I saw signs for yet another tea party Republican Alan Bateman who wishes to challenge (according to his website) "RINO" (Republican In Name Only) Chris Smith.  

One thing that both Diane Gooch (running in the 6th district) and Alan Bateman (running in the 4th district) have in common is that they both live in the 12th district.  I've only lived in New Jersey a few years and I understand that the law is different elsewhere, but it makes sense to me that you should live in the district that you want to represent.  To be fair Alan Bateman did run for Congress in his own district (unsuccessfully) but why not stick to the district you live in?  

I do realize that New Jersey is very gerrymandered (especially Monmouth County), but wouldn't the best way to be in touch with a congressional district you wish to represent.   Perhaps it's time to update our election laws and require a candidate to live in the district.

Gag me with a spoon.

by: Rosi Efthim

Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 04:30:37 PM EST

He's the sponsor of the health care bill, and I am so against that it's not even funny.
                - Diane Gooch, candidate for Congress in NJ-6

I can't not take Diane Gooch's candidacy seriously. The wealthy Monmouth County GOP activist is the publisher of The Two River Times, and the Vice-Chair of the Monmouth Republican Party. And, not for nothing, Christie rocked the shore towns last year, and everybody knows it.

Frank Pallone is a big target. Knock him down - like Christie knocked down New Jersey - and you've really done something. Pallone's been in Congress for two decades, acts as Democratic Municipal Chair in his own hometown of Long Branch, and has the biggest war chest in the entire House, some $3.9 million and change.

Gooch - husband Michael is a Wall Street guy worth hundreds of millions - brings both party position and the ability to self-fund her campaign wholly if she wants to. And argue for campaign finance all you want, right now in 2010 - and particularly in expensive media market NJ - money can matter. Both those things mean Gooch doesn't have to jump through hoops other candidates, who have to spend their time raising money, have to.

Pallone, well-liked both in his District and outside it, chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Health, which puts him right in the middle of the struggle for health care reform, upon which the Democratic Party is shredding, upon which the teaparty was born.

Pallone's also the Communications Chair of the Democratic Policy Committee. He's the message man, on health care reform, and everything else. The man can talk. So I'm trying to take Diane Gooch seriously, even after that clunky teenager quote above.  I know I should. I'm trying so hard it isn't even funny.