Real Numbers and Other Musings

Friday, June 18, 2010

Are Nate Silver’s Pollster Ratings “Done Right”

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This originally appeared as a guest column on Pollster.com . The motto of Nate Silver’s website, www.fiverthirtyeight.com , is “Politics Don...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

New Jersey Property Taxes Far and Away the No. 1 Pet Peeve

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This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on June 13, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News, ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

New Jersey's Primary: What's it Mean for November?

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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...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

More on New Jersey’s Image

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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...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Do Other Americans like New Jersey for the Right Reasons? ‎

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This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Gannett New Jersey newspapers on April 25, including the Asbury Park Press, Courier News,...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Interpreting the School Budget Vote

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Yesterday, New Jersey voters did something they haven’t done in more than 30 years: defeated a majority of school district tax levies. [Not...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Conflicting Polls on the Teachers' Union? Not Really.

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A trio of polls were released last week on Governor Chris Christie’s budget, particularly focusing on school aid cuts and state unions. Acc...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Round 1 Goes to the NJEA

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The latest Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll contains some mixed news for Governor Christie’s budget. The public may see it as t...
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Public Support for Oil Drilling in the Mid-Atlantic

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President Obama surprised more than a few people with his announcement yesterday to allow oil drilling in coastal waters. The northwestern...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Little Love for the “Representative from My District”

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It’s a truism that Americans rate their own Congressional representatives more positively than the institution as a whole. An NBC News/Wall...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Hard Sell

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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...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Attitudes about gay marriage in New Jersey

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I was asked to write this analysis for a Gannett New Jersey feature, including Asbury Park Press , Daily Record , Home News Tribune, and Cou...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

He Said, He Said. So What?

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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...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Obama and Christie: A Study in Contrasts

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This post originally appeared as a guest column for In The Lobby . Wednesday night was certainly an interesting one for political observ...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

New Governor Compares with John Adams

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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...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

"Today, Change Has Arrived… "

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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...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

What to Watch for in Today’s NJ Senate Vote

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