J. P. Freire
Oh New Jersey Republican Primary. Will I ever tire of you? No, likely not. Everyone gets one of these stories, I guess. A puff piece where they talk about those formative earlier experiences that shape you as a person, as…
In the campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in New Jersey, the race has become a classic competition between Republican “moderation” and conservatism. Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, the party favorite, has been zigzagging to avoid the moderate label, so…
I’ll be liveblogging this debate tonight. Stay on this link and just hit refresh. 8:03: I’d comment on Christie’s speech, but I’m a little distracted by what the heck is happening in the background. It looks like a live feed…
New Jersey is a confusing state. You think it’s all about malls and hair spray, but then you realize they have a really nice shore, which means, geographically speaking, it’s a state suffering from bipolar disorder. In fact, this is…
A big part of this commercial is focusing on the silly faces Steve Lonegan makes. You’ve seen campaign commercials. They do this a lot. No biggie. So, go ahead, watch and laugh. Boy, that Steve Lonegan sure does look clueless….
On February 2nd, Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, and contender for the GOP nomination for the New Jersey governor’s race, was looking at numbers from Quinnipiac like this: Christie: 44% Lonegan: 17% At that point, Chris Christie was asserting…
The AP is doing an unusually good job of digging up dirt on a candidate before a general election. A week after the Republican front-runner in the New Jersey governor’s race said he’d reject all future campaign donations from lawyers…
Sergio Rodriguera Jr. at PajamasMedia is quick to say that conservatives shouldn’t simply be upset about Obama’s economic policies. Just look at the disaster of a foreign tour he just went on: The highlight of the president’s Afghanistan strategy is…
I can’t emphasize enough that AmSpec tries its best to cram as many interns into the office as possible because we really value the opportunity to help people coming through the pipeline. It’s all the more encouraging when people who…
I don’t want to sound too comfortable swilling moonshine from my clay jug, but a press release announcing stimulus funds going toward the arts makes me feel a touch queasy: Underscoring this sentiment, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocates…
