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5-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Named Governor of New Jersey
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA 5-year-old boy helmed the state of New Jersey on Wednesday, thanks to a viral video and a kind-hearted governor. Most politicos adopt a stiff upper lip in the face of defeat, but scribble-in candidate and toddler Jesse Koczon sobbed when naysayers dashed his political dreams in 2009. "What's making you so sad?" his mother, Dawn Koczon, asks him in a now-famous video, shot in the family car on the way home from the local polling place, where 3-year-old Jesse was denied both the vote and the top seat in Trenton. " 'Cause everyone tells me that I'm too small to be the governor of New ...
N.J. Paper Gets Letter to the Editor From The Boss
By not in system - AOL NewsNEPTUNE, N.J. -- Bruce Springsteen has written a letter to the editor to what he calls his hometown newspaper. Today Springsteen thanked the Asbury Park Press for a March 27 article about how anti-poverty groups in New Jersey are facing an uphill battle as Gov. Chris Christie seeks to cut spending and property taxes. Springsteen writes that the "article shows that the cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty." Springsteen says it will "likely to continue to get worse over the next few years." The letter is signed: Bruce ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By not in system - AOL NewsEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? The winner when it comes to warmest? First lady Michelle Obama, with former President Bill Clinton close behind. The coldest? Sarah Palin and Nancy Pelosi. (Actually, Harry Reid ranks right in between them, but more later on why his result doesn't count as much). The way Quinnipiac did this poll, which was ...
Sarah Palin's Triple Whammy: Chris Christie, Barack Obama and Bill O'Reilly
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyIn front of an Alaskan backdrop of mountains and a lake, Sarah Palin had a busy, busy night on television Friday. She found time to tweak a fellow Republican, dismiss the president, and scold a top-rated Fox News talk show host. Palin opened by questioning New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's toughness and attacking President Barack Obama for naivete. After that, she preached about cutting various government programs to Bill O'Reilly before advising him not to interrupt her. All in a night's work. On America's Nightly Scoreboard, host David Asman informed Palin that Christie had told Fox ...
Newt Gingrich Inching Toward Presidential Dance?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWill he or won't he? Amid conflicting reports, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich planned to take at least a small step this week toward a Republican presidential candidacy in 2012. Gingrich is expected to announce his intent to form a presidential exploratory committee during a visit Thursday to his home state of Georgia, according to the Wall Street Journal. Other reports, quoting Gingrich aides Tuesday, suggested he would actually announce formation of such a committee. Then again, he may say very little about his national ambitions, Politico said, out of concern that any pointed talk of ...
Herman Cain Wins Tea Party Straw Poll in Arizona
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyThe political long shot for 2012 – Herman Cain – is already a winner. Cain, who is the first of the 2012 candidates to form a presidential exploratory committee, won the American Policy Summit's presidential live straw poll on Sunday held by the Tea Party Patriots conference in Phoenix. On Twitter, Cain wrote: "Honored to learn that I won the Tea Party Patriots' presidential straw poll. Thanks for your support!" According to the Cain camp, out of 14 options on the ballot and 1,600 votes, Cain came in first with 22 percent in the straw poll. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota ...
Chris Christie: Voters Don't Want a 'Blow-Dried,' Scripted Candidate for President
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyGov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose blunt talk has made him one of the GOP's rising stars, keeps insisting he is not running for president but he has some advice for those Republicans who do: Voters don't want candidates who are "blow-dried," scripted and try to "finesse" their way around tough issues with "poll-tested" answers. Christie, who has never been accused of being "blow-dried," has been fending off talk about a presidential candidacy with (unscripted?) exasperation, such as when he told New Jersey reporters last November, "Short of suicide, I don't really know what I'd have to ...
Chris Christie, Scott Walker: Bold Now, They Were Once the 'Moderate' Choice
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyTwo Republican governors -- New Jersey's Chris Christie and Wisconsin's Scott Walker -- have made news by taking on tough issues in their states, including confronting labor unions and employee pensions that have contributed to crippling their state's economies. But while both have become heroes to national conservatives, it is interesting to note that both were arguably the more "moderate" candidate in their respective GOP primaries. Christie's opponent, former Bogata Mayor Steve Lonegan, was clearly positioned to the right of Christie in the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial primary, and ...
New Jersey Budget: 5 Key Cuts Proposed by Gov. Christie
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsNew Jersey is but the latest state in the nation to face the music. Today Gov. Chris Christie unveiled his budget for the year ending June 30, 2012. Touting the state's efforts to close a projected $11 billion deficit, Christie declared a "new normal" in New Jersey: We will no longer blindly fund commitments that prior legislators and governors have made ... regardless of whether they were wise, and regardless of whether they yielded programs that even work. This year's budget ... is not a budget that funds each and every program at the same level as last year. Instead, we've done ...
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