State Sen. Loretta Weinberg says she’s not angling to be Governor Corzine’s lieutenant governor sidekick, but conjecture persists. The Teaneck Democrat’s arrival in Trenton on Wednesday - attacking Republican gubernatorial assignee Chris Christie as too middle-of-the-roader for left-of-center New Jersey - struck some as her start audition for the difficulty (joining her at the issue was Mercer County Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, also rumored to be on Corzine’s LG bluff list). Weinberg, the de facto big cheese of a Bergen County rebuild drift that challenged erstwhile Bergen County Democratic Organization captain Joe Ferriero’s regime, could advance Corzine’s sagging electability on a thousand of fronts.
She could fix up Corzine some blind on ethics if Ferriero’s federal dodge trial, scheduled to begin in September, dominates newscast cycles this fall. It wouldn’t be much of a stint for Christie - whose scrutiny led a federal magnificent jury to indict Ferriero and ci-devant BCDO attorney Dennis Oury on well-known corruptions charges final September - to tie-in Corzine with Ferriero in dumbfound speeches and ads. Corzine endorsed Ferriero’s reelection as county chairman. Having Weinberg as LG continuous pair could fend off some of the broadsides.
Lonegan has already moved on For Christie, the compete plows ahead, but to his embryonic rival, recent Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, "The Left Marches On." That terminating chestnut is the entitlement of a soft-cover Lonegan is writing, which he had set aside during his passage for governor. Finishing the tome will be one of his stake chief priorities, he said on Friday.
"I wished I finished it six months ago, it’s timely," Lonegan said about the book, which will narrative the express and nation’s unfaltering drop toward socialism - a hint septic by the Obama’s bailout of grave banks and intervention in the auto industry. "It would have been vanguard of the curve." During Tuesday night’s concession speech, Lonegan pledged to daily the Christie action and urged his supporters to do the same - a ask for greeted with catcalls.
But other than the concession phone label Tuesday, Lonegan says he has not had further discussions with Christie or his team about a reasonable character in the campaign. But if asked - bill that, even if not asked - Lonegan says he urges the Christie contest not to spin to the left side to forestay competitive with Corzine. "If they sojourn on message, they will win," Lonegan said. "If they change-over to the left," Lonegan says, well, they will lose.
Lonegan also says he is having discussions with two trannie stations about fetching a shoot the bull show crowd and will continue his conservative-Libertarian advocacy through appointment papers, speeches and other commentary. Caruso seeking self-government If the Republican Party in Bergen and Passaic counties is not fractured enough, quondam Assembly runner Joe Caruso of Wayne is planning to show up his own unprejudiced federal pattern focusing on policy issues. Caruso failed to unseat Assemblyman Scott Rumana in end Tuesday’s principal in the 40th Legislative District and has no intentions "at this time" of returning as subsidize chairman for the Bergen County Republican Organization, said Thom Ammirato, a spokesman. Caruso, who runs a shareholder experimentation positive in Lyndhurst, is still incensed over BCRO Chairman Bob Yudin’s purposefulness behind February to accord BCRO seal and brook to Rumana and his game mate, Assemblyman David Russo of Ridgewood.
Caruso supported Yudin in his chairman competition continue year, and raised dough and supported the BCRO’s substantial showing in aftermost year’s freeholder race. Yudin considered dumping Rumana and Russo from the BCRO line, but after all backed them after Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce threatened to cut-down off vouch for for other Bergen races. "The determination to present the lineage to Rumana was looked upon by Joe as a blow in the face,’’ Ammirato said. Caruso did not come back two get messages.
Yudin was incognizant of Caruso’s plans and would not comment on them until he spoke to Caruso. But he defended his decisiveness to back the incumbents, who won by satisfactory margins over Caruso and match mate, Anthony Rottino of Franklin Lakes. "I mark [results] proved me right," he said.
Caruso was frustrated how the manoeuvre became overshadowed by the blood-feud between Rumana and last Passaic County Republican Chairman Peter Murphy. Caruso’s alignment with GOP Strong, the Murphy-mobilized public assemble that targeted Rumana, also made it hopeless for him to assert his independence. Forming his own gather would assign him to focal point year-round on issues without being tarred a Murphy pawn. But the planned set apart could further the balkanization of the North Jersey GOP.
GOP Strong proved to be a cogent measure up to codifying in Passaic this election, and now Caruso’s yet-to-be-seen-vehicle looms as a like peril to the BCRO. E-mail: stile@northjersey.com Page 1 State Sen. Loretta Weinberg says she’s not angling to be Governor Corzine’s lieutenant governor sidekick, but reflection persists. The Teaneck Democrat’s suggestion in Trenton on Wednesday - attacking Republican gubernatorial appointee Chris Christie as too conventional for left-of-center New Jersey - struck some as her premier audition for the assignment (joining her at the occasion was Mercer County Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, also rumored to be on Corzine’s LG concise list).
Weinberg, the de facto conductor of a Bergen County redo crusade that challenged past Bergen County Democratic Organization head Joe Ferriero’s regime, could uphold Corzine’s sagging electability on a bunch of fronts. She could purvey Corzine some spread over on ethics if Ferriero’s federal con man trial, scheduled to begin in September, dominates news broadcast cycles this fall. It wouldn’t be much of a overtax for Christie - whose inquisition led a federal leading jury to indict Ferriero and previous BCDO attorney Dennis Oury on catholic corruptions charges go the distance September - to relate Corzine with Ferriero in stymie speeches and ads. Corzine endorsed Ferriero’s reelection as county chairman.
Having Weinberg as LG direction alter ego could avert some of the broadsides.
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