Real Numbers and Other Musings

This originally appeared as a guest column on Pollster.com . The motto of Nate Silver’s website, www.fiverthirtyeight.com , is “Politics Don...

This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on June 13, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News, ...

So what does the outcome of New Jersey’s Congressional primaries mean? The Tea Party movement certainly made a statement, but there is a lo...

Two days after the Gannett New Jersey newspapers ran a feature on New Jersey’s image (which included my analysis of state and national publi...

This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on April 25, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News,...

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, ...