Thursday, November 14, 2013

Mayor Cory Booker--Tweet Your Heart Out! by Aliza Davidovit

 
Most politicians, with self-puffery, are prone to broadcasting all the great causes that they live for; some declare with bravado, like George W. Bush, what they are ready to kill for. But few care to share, as does senatorial candidate Cory Booker, what they are ready to die for. (And yes you can end a sentence with a preposition when it reads as good as that!) And though Newark’s beloved and ambitious young mayor...click to read more



Congressman Frank Pallone--Official Heir to the Lautenberg Legacy! by Aliza Davidovit

Congressman Frank Pallone’s official bio says he started in public service in 1982, serving in Congress since 1988, but the truth is he started in politics when he was in the fourth grade and ran for public council. Serving people, helping people and making this world a better place is what he has always been about. “I got into politics because I was raised on the belief that...click to read more
 


Congressman Rush Holt--A Rush to Judgment! by Aliza Davidovit



Is it any surprise that the Jewish person Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) admires most is physicist Albert Einstein? Holt, the eight-term congressman who is now running for the  U.S. Senate, is himself a brilliant scientist and one of only two physicists in Congress. Frankly, there is even something...Click to read more


























Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver--Hey Smarty-Pants Talent Comes in a Skirt! by Aliza Davidovit


In times where being a household-name is a huge plus in politics, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver enters New Jersey’s senatorial primary race with a disadvantage. She is running against two well-known congressmen, Rush Holt and Frank Pallone, as well as Cory Booker, the popular mayor from Newark, NJ, who has almost a million and-a-half Twitter followers. That’s hard to tweet and Oliver has certainly entered a foray where not everybody knows her name, but she’s still very glad she came.  In fact, that’s exactly why she came ...click to read more