Real Numbers and Other Musings

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Election Day is tomorrow.  And as is typical of these low turnout affairs, it’s now a matter of managing exp...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ New Jersey goes to the polls seven days from now.  Well, actually very few New Jerseyans will go to the polls s...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Does the Occupy Wall Street movement represent anything other than the protesters who have taken to the streets...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Governor Christie is becoming a pretty good public opinion analyst.  Earlier this week, he noted that the Oc...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ He meant it.  The answer was “no” all along.  But Gov. Christie made a couple of claims during the Q&A p...

It’s official.  The Christie camp is actively stoking the fire of the “will he, won’t he” rumor mill.  Up to now, Chris Christie could plau...

This post originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Asbury Park Press, Courier News, Courier-Post, Daily Record, and Home News Tribune. The ...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Another redistricting process is upon us.  Earlier this year, a state commission approved a new map for New J...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Last month, Monmouth University and NJ Press Media released a poll on education reforms proposed by the Christ...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ A new PPP poll shows that a clear majority of New Jersey voters oppose gay marriage. “Hang on a minute,” you s...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ A new 501(c)(4) – i.e. a “shadow PAC” – is on the block in New Jersey and the criticism has been fast and furio...

Cross-posted at PolitickerNJ Here’s the story line so far.* After successfully corralling enough Democratic legislators to pass pension and ...