Exploring some White House/Jersey connections + POLL!

by: Jay Lassiter

Thu Jan 29, 2009 at 11:24:08 AM EST

Promoted by Jason Springer: Good stuff from Jay.

My prediction: in 5 years, the Jersey shore and the Delaware River will be cleaner than ever!

What do you think the Obama Administration will mean for New Jersey?

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How Did Chris Christie Get Off The List?

Yesterday we learned that US Attorney for New Jersey Chris Christie was on a November 1, 2006 list of USA's to be fired. As a result, Tom Moran wrote a column today entitled, "Boss's gift to Christie: Nearly firing him in which he wrote:

The irony here is thick. We know now that Christie was almost fired by his fellow Republicans at the same time Democrats were criticizing him as a partisan hack -- during the 2006 election season.
Democrats were angry then because Christie had issued a subpoena seeking information on a real estate deal of Sen. Robert Menendez. His Republican opponent, state Sen. Tom Kean Jr., made that subpoena the centerpiece of his campaign. ...
The near-firing helps inoculate Christie against charges that he is a political servant of the White House. But his critics could just as easily argue that his friends in the White House protected him in the end.

If the fact was that Christie was placed on the list on November 1, 2006, then there might be two ways to look at it. In fact, on a cursory look it might even be more likely that this would blunt suggestions that Christie acts in partisan ways while in a non-partisan office.

But today we find out that long before Christie dropped the subpoena on the North Hudson Community Corporation he was on the list to be fired.

Sources yesterday identified four other current or former U.S. attorneys included on a Jan. 1 list that grouped a dozen prosecutors into three tiers. They include current U.S. Attorneys Matthew Mead of Wyoming and Eric Melgren of Kansas and former prosecutors James K. Vines of Nashville and Michael G. Heavican of Nebraska. ...
The same Jan. 1 list includes U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, who also appears on a Nov. 1 list, sources said.

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New Jersey's Pols: Backing the Wrong Horses?

by: mikeshapiro

Wed Apr 11, 2007 at 11:15:57 PM EDT

Cross-Posted from ShapTalk.com:

Officials of both political parties should have learned a lesson from 2004 when key Democratic politicians, including Governor Jim McGreevey, jumped on board with Governor Howard Dean, only to see Dean implode soon thereafter, leaving them with little influence over Senator John Kerry, the eventual Democratic nominee. Apparently, those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Approximately one month ago, a long line of Republican officials publicly announced their support for Rudy Guliani for President. Recently, a significant contingent of Democratic officials, including Governor Corzine, publicly backed Senator Hillary Clinton for President. Both groups of elected officials will find themselves on the outside looking in should the political winds afoot blow in an unexpected but likely direction.

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