Jon Corzine

Steven Goldstein Channels His Inner Pat Robertson -- By: Maggie Gallagher

The Corner (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

How many times have you heard some prominent social conservative threaten that Christian voters would just stay home if Republicans didn't vote our way? It's a sign of political failure and stupidity, in my view. So I was encouraged to find that, for the first time I can recall, gay-marriage advocates are making similar threats against Democrats. In New Jersey, gay-marriage activists (lead by Garden...

New Jersey Pulling a New York on Gay Marriage

Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday

Despite the New Jersey legislature's previously stated intention to pass a bill legalizing gay marriage, the prospects for passage have dimmed in the wake of the gubernatorial election, as some Democrats in the Democrat-controlled body have begun to "waver." Their reasons are not altogether convincing, but that's not surprising when you're talking about denying rights to a specific group...

NJ Lawmaker: Not Enough Votes to Address Marriage Equality Bill

Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Doubt has been cast on the chances of marriage equality being brought for a vote in New Jersey by the time Governor Jon Corzine leaves office at the end of January. State senator Paul Sarlo says he won't vote on...

Emergency Declarations Issued For 6 N.J. Counties

CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Gov. Jon Corzine declared states of emergency Sunday in six New Jersey counties battered by the recent nor'easter, one of the most damaging coastal storms in state history. The six - Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth and Ocean - were among those areas where beaches and dunes were he

NJ: Democratic Senator Says Gay Marriage May Not Get a Vote

Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

A New Jersey bill to allow gay marriage might not go to a vote in the Legislature before the session ends in January and Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, who supports the measure, is succeeded by Republican Chris Christie, who does not.State Sen. Paul Sarl... NJ: Democratic Senator Says Gay Marriage May Not Get a Vote is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California:...

Paterson Predicts: Obama Will Campaign For Me

The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

President Obama might not have campaigned for the Democrat he claimed to support for mayor, but Gov. David Paterson is convinced he won't suffer the same fate next year. Despite the fact that the White House sent a clear message earlier this fall that it would prefer Paterson to bow out of the 2010 race, the governor expressed confidence this morning Obama will have a change of heart, DN Capitol Bureau...

NJ: Senate May Not Have Enough Support to Bring Gay Marriage to a Vote

Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

New Jersey State Senate President Richard Codey says even though he supports gay marriage, there may not be enough support in his caucus to bring it to a vote. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.REPORTER: Codey, whose acting Governor while Jon Corzine is on ... NJ: Senate May Not Have Enough Support to Bring Gay Marriage to a Vote is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix...

Pressure Builds In New Jersey

Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

With the election of the anti-gay Chris Christie, activists are stepping up the pressure on New Jersey's legislature to approve marriage equality before Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office. Corzine, a Democrat unseated in Tuesday's election, said he would sign such a bill. His successor, Republican Chris Christie, opposes same-sex marriages. "New Jersey is at the very top of our list, and it's going...

What Did the Independent Vote Tell Us?

BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

I am not sure why I expected people to resist the temptation to over-read the results of two gubernatorial races on Tuesday. Jon Corzine hasn't seen approval numbers north of 40% in over a year, and his loss in New Jersey seemed inevitable. And Creigh Deeds had been trailing Robert McDonnell by double digits for months. What could these two elections tell us except that unpopular candidates lose elections?...

Obama's Bus Rolls Over Jon Corzine!

Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

With a set of big, fat tire tracks tattooed across his back, Jon Corzine now joins some pretty elite company...Reverend Wright, Bill Ayers, Austan Goolsbee, Chas Freeman, the Jews...people who were all once useful to him but have now long outlived their primary purpose - to further the ambitions of one Barack Hussein Obama: The people of New Jersey know the cost of this economic crisis...But in Jon,...

Here's why NY-23 was a reason to be cheerful

Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Despite the endless prognosticating about what the defeat of an unpopular governor in New Jersey means for the media goal of electing a Republican president iin 2012, I can't say I was all that disappointed in the election result here in New Jersey. I don't think Jon Corzine has been the disaster that far too many people think he is, but he, like Barack Obama before him, has never been effective in...

Election Day exit polls prove it's still 'the economy, stupid'

WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Filed under: Wealth , Relationships , Recession , Retirement-401(k) Despite mainstream media predictions about the election hinging on the president's performance, it appears as though the economy was a much greater factor in the two key gubernatorial races yesterday. The economy was the anvil that crushed the chances of Democrats Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds. According to exit polls in Virginia and...

Tonight - the first meetings of progressives in the new era - on Marriage Equality

Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Among the many things abruptly scattered into the air in post-election New Jersey is marriage equality, widely understood to be coming up during the lame duck session, and suddenly in if not jeopardy, in some doubt. The new realities are being sifted through right now, at hyper-speed actually, and two waves of meetings - tonight & tomorrow - all over the state will be a key part of the enormous...

The Meaning Of Virginia

Discriminations (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Jay Cost of Real Clear Politics gets almost everything right almost all of the time, but I believe he missed a little in his analysis today of What the Voters Told Us Last Night. Here’s what he says they told us: The following points are what we know for certain: 1. The voters of Virginia declared a preference for Bob McDonnell over Creigh Deeds. 2. The voters of New Jersey declared a preference...

Statement from HRC's Joe Solmonese

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Joe Solmonese with Jeremy Hooper HRC's Joe Solmonese, whom I met and spoke with length last night, released the following statement today: Dear Louise, A deep and bitter disappointment from Maine yesterday: Maine voters have passed a devastating Proposition 8-style measure overturning the state's marriage equality law. Our hearts are with everyone in Maine who fought so hard to win recognition for...

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