Real Numbers and Other Musings

In no particular order… 1. Jon Corzine wasn’t hatched in a lab at Goldman Sachs It seems our governor has a personal story and he finally wa...

There will be little suspense for most of the races in New Jersey’s primary election tomorrow. Of course, the Republican battle to take on ...

Did you ever notice that polls seem to be subject to more journalistic skepticism than other numbers? Perhaps it’s because there are so man...

That’s a phrase I keep coming back to during this year’s gubernatorial race. And last night’s televised debate between Chris Christie and S...

The internet is burning up today with new numbers out of Washington. No, it's not the the bank stress test results or new stimulus spen...

Two months ago, I attended a conference at Rider University’s Rebovich Institute which featured campaign operatives from last year’s New Jer...

Governor Jon Corzine will unveil the fourth budget of his administration tomorrow. The fiscal reality is that he will have to make serious ...

Today, we released a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll on same-sex marriage . I characterized the poll results – 48% in favor to ...

What a difference a week makes. On Tuesday in Trenton, Gov. Jon S. Corzine started his fourth year in office with a restrained State of the ...

Most observers (myself included) expected this year to mark the highest voter turnout in perhaps a century. A record number of people regis...

The final Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll before Tuesday’s election puts Barack Obama ahead of John McCain by 55% to 34% in the ...

Is Frank Lautenberg too old to effectively serve as a U.S. Senator for New Jersey? The answer seems to depend on how you ask the question....

In the next few weeks, election polls will be coming fast and furious. And that also means an increase in professed skepticism from party l...

Last month, I posted an entry about not reading too much into the horse race numbers from summer polling. Last week, a post on Skeptical P...

Polls released in the past few days provide an early gauge of the upcoming elections in New Jersey. In the U.S. Senate contest, today’s Qui...

The candidates have staked out their issues and have sought to bring undecided voters into their camps. But when it comes down to it, prima...