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First a prayer in a Teacher Union email that muses for GOD to take Governor Christie, then the back and forth over corruption in campaigns made for a fun week in NJ politics. The most interesting storyto me is the fact that at risk schools in Newark spend around 18,000 to 19,000 dollars a student [...]

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The executive director of the New Jersey Education Association earned 550K in compensation and benefits.  The average teacher in New Jersey earns 60K in salary.  Interesting.

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Former Democrat House whip in Pennsylvania was sentenced along with his cohorts for bilking taxpayers of 1 million dollars. The thieves received their justice.

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NY Democrat Governor Patterson’s spokesperson resigned.Considering that he is the source of the emails, it is a wonder that he waited so long. He must have been looking for another job. That leaves 3 openings so far. Astrazeneca may not be hiring, but it seems Patterson has some openings.

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The New York Times hit pieces of mostly unnamed sources have done their job. The real damage was done by allegations of covering up a domestic abuse charge by his driver. He allegedly talked the woman out of showing up to court. The case was then dropped. New York Governor David Patterson will end his [...]

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Maryland– Medical use of pot makes sense, but most states have not found a balance which makes the average citizen comfortable. Doctor and House of Delegate member Dan Morhaim is trying to reach that balance of compassion for the ill without de facto legalization.  His legislation may merit attention from Delaware. Maryland is going to [...]

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This is the offical Republican response to the state of the state. Below is an excerpt. Carroll/Howard Senator Allan Kittleman (R-Dist. 9) delivered the Republican response to Governor Martin O’Malley’s State of the State address. I had hoped that Governor O’Malley’s State of the State address would offer concrete plans to create jobs and reduce [...]

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When are you declaring?  The other leading Republican contender has ended his exploratory committee with an apparent no.  If you are waiting for an invitation, Governor O’Malley won’t send one.  Take ours.  Run Bob, Run.

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You are a bad boy. I am suspending you for two years with pay ($11,000 a month). Your punishment is to be shunned for two years, but don’t get too upset with $132,000 being deposited into your bank account over that time. No wonder Governor Christie wants reform, yet the Democrats do not want Governor [...]

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The Loony left has only one more day to get its wish list before Governor Christie imposes sanity. They want to give near dictatorial powers to their friend, the mayor of Camden, give illegals in state tuition rates when there is not enough money for the colleges already, and impose new rules “unionizing more employees in [...]

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New Jersey keeps marriage between a man and a woman with the state senate voting down efforts to scrap civil unions and redefine marriage.  Now the state can focus on the out of wack budget and weak economy. Maryland’s largest city is getting a new mayor with the resignation of Shelia Dixon as part of a plea deal. [...]

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Baltimore, MD needs a new mayor.  In an effort to head off the coming perjury trial, Mayor Shelia Dixon made a deal which included leaving office.

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George Pataki, you cannot give Gillibrand a pass on a race that you should win. This seat is ours for the taking. Please reconsider. The country needs all good Republicans to step up and do their part.

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If the election were held today, Pennsylvania would have a new senator, Pat Toomey. He leads both his potiential Democrat candidates. But Toomey’s big turnaround is against Joe Sestak, the liberal Philadelphia-area congressman, who hopes to deny Specter the Democratic nomination for the seat he has held for nearly 30 years. Toomey now beats Sestak [...]

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From Baltimore to Annapolis, Democrats in neighboring Maryland had a bad week.  Mayor Shelia Dixion was convictedof being a reverse Santa.  She stole from the poor to fund her Best Buy addiction. City Alderman Samuel Shropshire had a more serious charge of sexual assault. An Anne Arundel County judge convicted an Annapolis alderman Thursday of [...]

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Chris Christie ran on identifiable three planks; attack corruption, cut taxes and spending, and protect traditional marriage. Democrats, who were fearful of having to deal show their hand before the election, are now trying to push a lame duck session vote to change Marriage in defiance of the will of the people. The good news [...]

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Some days the good news just keeps coming.  The New York vote was 24 to 38 with all 30 Republicans voting no (do you think the assembly woman getting 5% of the vote in the Congressional race played a role) and 8 Democrats joining the parade of common sense.  In Australia, the Conservatives stopped compromising and [...]

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Update:  I am moving this to the top because the event is tomorrow.  One or more of us will have a report on it.  We hope to see you there. Please Join Richard & Linda Cathcart, Dan & Debbie Short, William & Sallie Oberle, William & June Hudson, Michael & Donna Harrington, Herb & Linda [...]

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One of the top needs for America is a sustainable power infrastructure especially if we want to use renewable resources and domestic power sources. So why is the Sierra Club opposing the multistate transmission linefrom West Virginia to Maryland? Is it because the original source is from a coal plant or are they just against [...]

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According to the Gouverneur Times, Democrat Bill Owens broke 4 campaign promises in his first 24 hours in office.  He voted for a public option, raise taxes on the middle class,  cut Medicare, and allow coverage of  illegal immigrants.  Personally, I don’t want illegals making us sick because they have no health care so allowing [...]

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New JerseyThe day after the elections, Governor Corzine discovered that he needed to cut $400,000,000 from the current budget. I am sure he was not hiding any bad news before the election. Governor Elect Christie and the teacher’s union are in a knock down fight already. New York Republicans took back Nassau County with the [...]

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The vote is Monday on a bill to require signage posted saying the centers do not provide or refer for abortions, it does not require abortion mills to do say they do not encourage adoptions. In other news, Baltimore is requiring churches to say they do not offer porn and McDonalds to say they do [...]

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ppppolls For people who want to go to bed: McDonnell 56 Deeds 42, Bolling 54 Wagner 41, Cuccinelli 55 Shannon 39.   me: confirms GOP sweep of Virginia UpDate: Generic ballot favors Republicans in the legislature by 9. If these numbers hold for another 36 hours across the board in all 4 state, there will be [...]

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The latest numbers are out from Democrat polling  firm Public Policy Polling and they confirm the Rasmussen trend late last week.  Christie is now up by 6.  The Daggett voters who were for Christie as a second choice are moving to him as a first.  The undecides are almost all breaking for Christie even though 27% of Christie [...]

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Update:  Very good numbers indeed even better than expected for Hoffman.  NJ at 11p. Public Policy will release a new poll soon. It looks like Hoffman by 10 after the endorsement. Poll will be released at 10p and New Jersey will be released at 11p. In a two way contest Hoffman leads Owens by 15 [...]

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New Jersey People in New Jersey are excited about the I-95 world series, but according to Rasmussen polling, 67% are even more engaged with the off year election. 3 candidates have a significant following.Third choice, Chris Daggett, has a 37% approval and 20% of the people considered voting for him. The good news Chris Christie [...]

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Democrats lose big vote on Stabenow bill to eliminate the fake Medicare cuts because it was not paid for. Over a dozen Democrats joined Republicans to defeat the measure 47 to 53. In the mid-Atlantic, only our Virgina Senators cared about paying for the proposal. Our moderate Carper, Gilibrand, Casey, and Specter favored adding a [...]

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New Jersey has a debate coming up that you can see live at 1930 pm by following the link. You can also submit a question. This week’s Lt. Gov. debate was viewed by more than the governor’s debate. Christie has regained a small lead as the Republican Governor’s association has launched attack ads against the [...]

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Delaware The first state actually garnered the most attention with the entrance of Congressman Castle into the open senate race to replace VP Biden and Senator Carper being on national programs to defend his statement that the health bill is incomprehensible so why bother reading it. We also had mortgage foreclosure aid –Peterson and Military [...]

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Virginia McDonnell surges to a new lead in the polls going over 50% with a solid lead among independents. DNC chairman and part time governor Kaine is still on the road. New Jersey Jersey City and other towns have passed pay to play bans in a great statement against corruption even those currently under indictment [...]

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