Real Numbers and Other Musings

Yesterday, New Jersey voters did something they haven’t done in more than 30 years: defeated a majority of school district tax levies. [Not...

A trio of polls were released last week on Governor Chris Christie’s budget, particularly focusing on school aid cuts and state unions. Acc...

The latest Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll contains some mixed news for Governor Christie’s budget. The public may see it as t...

President Obama surprised more than a few people with his announcement yesterday to allow oil drilling in coastal waters. The northwestern...

It’s a truism that Americans rate their own Congressional representatives more positively than the institution as a whole. An NBC News/Wall...

This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . Governor Christie laid out his initial budget plan on Tuesday in his typi...

I was asked to write this analysis for a Gannett New Jersey feature, including Asbury Park Press , Daily Record , Home News Tribune, and Cou...

This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . Governor Chris Christie has wasted no time making his mark on Trenton. H...

This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . Wednesday night was certainly an interesting one for political observ...

This post originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Courier-Post . One of the Christmas presents my daughter received was a bedtime book called...

This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . By all accounts, Tuesday was a good day for Republicans, both in New Jers...

Today, the New Jersey State Senate is scheduled to vote on what could be its most volatile piece of legislation of the session. Obviously, ...

This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . As the New Jersey Senate prepares to vote on the “Freedom of Religion and...

This post originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Courier-Post . The conventional wisdom is that you just can't beat a superior bankroll....

Well, the pundits said that turnout would be the name of the game in New Jersey this year. The problem is we were looking at the wrong type...

For this year's gubernatorial election, the Monmouth University Polling Institute joined with NJN News and the Gannett New Jersey newsp...

Congratulations to Governor-Elect Christie. Now for the hard part. You said New Jersey needs a good, hard shake-up. Here's hoping you...

The following analysis of the National Election Pool/Edison Research exit poll was provided for NJN News and the Gannett New Jersey Newspape...

The following analysis of the National Election Pool/Edison Research exit poll was provided for NJN News and the Gannett New Jersey Newspape...