During his interview with NJN last week, Pallone said the Tea Party’s anger is understandable but misplaced. He said they should not be angry with him, rather they should be angry with banks, Wall Street and insurance companies. Would that be the same insurance companies that contributed to his $4 million war chest?
Pallone told NJN he’s been fighting banks, Wall Street, oil companies and insurance companies for 22 years. Now he says people should be angry with the people he’s been fighting instead of him. That sounds to me like an admission that he hasn’t won a fight in 22 years. He’s in the fight of his life now and he knows he’s losing.
Pallone sent a desperate plea to his supporters yesterday:
Dear Friend,
There’s only 3 weeks left until Election Day. On November 2nd voters will have to make an important decision – we can either continue to progress with crucial reforms, or we can turn back the clock to the failed Bush/Cheney policies which left our country in a devastating position.Would you please consider making a $21 donation for the last 21 days of this campaign?
My Tea Party-approved opponent is out-of-touch – she is more interested in ideology than working for the residents of the 6th District and New Jersey. I’m working to reign in the excesses of Wall Street with the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. I fought against offshore drilling on our beaches and shores, and this year we passed the most important reform to our health care system our generation has ever seen. My opponent would rather worry about what’s best for big businesses rather than New Jersey’s working families.
Although 3 weeks seems like a long time away, Election Day will be here before you know it. Can I count on your help reaching out to voters and helping in my campaign office? In this crucial time every hour you can give matters.
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Frank Pallone Jr.
PS. Please forward this message to 5 others to spread the word about my campaign of progress for the 6th District.
Continue the progress? What has he been doing for 22 years?
Pallone started airing his TV commericials this morning. They are weak and whining like he is. We have him on the ropes. Let’s knock him out.
Do your part. Give $21 or $2100 to Anna Little’s campaign. Do it now here.
HIGHLANDS, NJ – 10/13/10 – As is par for the course with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at just the right moment in the heated 6th District Congressional race the Governor will rally with Republican candidate for Congress, Anna Little, and her Army on Sunday, October 17th at the American Legion in Piscataway at 5:00 pm.
Anna’s Army will arrive en masse to greet the Governor, complete with “Anna’s Armada”, motorcycles and hundreds of cars, after spending the day in a grand caravan throughout the Middlesex, Union and Somerset parts of the District.
Governor Christie has been heard as saying that he is “so tired of Frank Pallone“. Displaying that knack for saying what everyone else is thinking, the Governor and Anna will rally the troops just 16 days away from what promises to be the most exciting 6th District Congressional race in memory.
Members of the press are encouraged to arrive early as the sheer number of volunteers attending the rally promises to be in the hundreds. The American Legion is located at 840 S. Washington Ave, Piscataway, New Jersey.
Freeholder John D’Amico told the Asbury Park Press Editorial board that should the Democrats win control of Monmouth County government on November 2 that the county will reopen the Youth Detention Center which the Republicans closed this year, saving the taxpayers $2.5 million annually.
D’Amico, who collects a $70,500 state pension in addition to his Freeholder salary, said that the YDC should be reopened because some police officers are not executing warrants because they don’t want to make the trip to the Middlesex County Youth Detention Center in North Brunswick which houses Monmouth’s juveniledelinquents under a shared services agreement. D’Amico also reasoned the Monmouth YDC should be reopened because family, social workers and lawyers might be unable or unwilling to make the trip to North Brunswick.
It is come to MoreMonmouthMusings’ attention that the same Russian mob that looted Middletown’s bank accounts over Labor Day weekend could be funding the township committee campaign of Sean Byrnes and his running mate, Whatshername.
If the Middletown Democrats filed their October ELEC report, it was not published on ELEC’s website this afternoon. Byrnes’ ELEC report says he’s only raised $150.00 for his campaign. Whathername has raised only $3000. So who’s paying for all those signs? It could be the Russian mob!
I know. I’m being ridiculous. About as ridiculous and David Axelrod and President Obama are when they say that the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and Americans for Prosperity are funding their anti-Democratic incumbent ads with foreign money.
I’m being as ridiculous as the Middletown Democrats were last year when the alleged that the Middletown GOP bribed and coerced Steve Massell into running for township committee last year. I’m being as ridiculous as the Middletown Dems were last year when they claimed that the GOP township committee raised their salaries, after they gave up their stipends.
2 Smart Girls, Diane Gooch and Anna Little, together at the Affilated Club's Freeholder Dinner, Oct. 11, 2010
Smart Girl Politics, a national grassroots conservative women’s organization, is excited to announce its endorsement of Anna Little, candidate for U.S. Representative in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District.
“Smart Girl Politics views Anna Little as a woman who stood up to the establishment and won. As a Mayor and in her role as Freeholder, she has a proven track record of reducing spending and strategizing to encourage economic growth,” said Smart Girl Politics founder and president, Stacy Mott.
“Anna has worked in support of limited government and fiscal responsibility throughout her career in public service. Her ability to bring change to her community, while also balancing her role as a wife and mother, is a big part of what our organization believes in,” said Mott. “We see her as our ideal Smart Girl. She will stand up to twenty two years of big government, big spending, and big bureaucracy and be the representative in Congress that New Jersey’s 6th District deserves.”
New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District is currently held by Representative Frank Pallone, seeking his twelfth term. More information on Anna Little can be found at www.annalittleforcongress.com.
(HIGHLANDS, October 12) – Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little – responding to a statement by her opponent, 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone, on NJN’s “On the Record” that “there have been more tax cuts … in this Congress than in any other Congress” – today asked Pallone if he is living on The Planet of Opposites, where night is day, down is up, Barack Obama is Ronald Reagan, and a tax hike is a tax cut.
“Is Frank Pallone living on the Planet Earth, or on The Planet of Opposites?
“On NJN’s ‘On the Record’ broadcast over the weekend, Frank Pallone said the 111th Congress has passed ‘more tax cuts … than in any other Congress’ – a statement which, I’m sure, had all the taxpayers running to their mailboxes to see where was their missing tax cut, the one they never received,” said Little.
“Seriously, here’s his exact quote: ‘I mean, there’s been more tax cuts and efforts to try to, uh, uh, help businesses through tax credits or tax cuts in this Congress than in any other Congress.’
“‘More tax cuts … than in any other Congress?’
“Can he be serious? Does he believe we have forgotten the vote he cast a week and a half ago, to adjourn the Congress and flee Washington before casting a vote that could help prevent the biggest tax HIKE in American history? He cast the DECIDING VOTE on that one, and in doing so, failed to block a massive tax hike scheduled to kick in on New Year’s Day.
“Or could it be that he thinks we have forgotten the 20 new or higher taxes in the healthcare bill he still proudly insists is ‘Not Obama’s bill … not Pelosi’s bill. It’s MY bill?’ Higher taxes on working families that will total over $500 billion – to go with the $500 billion in Medicare cuts he voted for?
“Only on The Planet of Opposites does what Frank Pallone said about this Congress and tax cuts make sense. Unfortunately for him, his constituents still have their feet planted firmly right here on Planet Earth, and in 22 days they’re going to be sending him into retirement – whether here on Earth, or there on The Planet of Opposites, will be his choice,” continued Little.
“Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!”
Scott Sipprelle and Rush Holt had a verbal slug fest with the Asbury Park Press Editorial Board (aka the Neptune Nudniks) yesterday. Read the APP account here.
Sipprelle and Holt will face off in their first public debate in Thursday, October 14 from 11:45 – 12:45 at the Yvonne Theater, Rider University. That debate is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider. Ben Dworkin will moderate.
On Monday, the reformer and the rocket scientist face off at Young Israel of East Brunswick, 193 Dunham’s Corner Road, East Brunswick. That debate is co-sponsored by the Middlesex Jewish Federation and the Monmouth Jewish Federation. NJ 101.5’s Eric Scott will moderate.
Finally, on Friday October 29, Sipprelle will debate both Holt and NJN’s Michael Aron for the public TV stations “On The Record.”
The political website formerly known as politicsnj.com is reporting that Monmouth University Polling Institute Executive Director Patrick Murray has issued a press released denying that he backed off his polling numbers of October 6th indicating that Frank Pallone is leading Anna Little by 12 points in the CD-6 congressional race.
According to the website, Murray said, ”
“It has come to our attention that the campaign of Anna Little, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th District, issued a press release claiming that the Monmouth University Poll revised its official poll results for the election in that race,” Murray said in a statement. “This is patently untrue. The poll report we issued on October 6 (http://www.monmouth.edu/polling/admin/polls/MUP…) is the only official number we produced.”
Art’s original criticism of our voter turnout model is a fair one, since no one knows what Nov. 2’s electorate will look like and I responded to that by re-running our numbers using his assumptions and providing that data.
Murray’s re-run numbers resulted in a margin on 9%, a 25% difference from his “official” numbers.
Murray re-ran his numbers, on his own volition, after reading this post criticising his voter sample. MMM called him the following day for clarification on his sample of 2 of 4 voters. Much to my surprise, he already had the new calculations ready when I called.
Murray issued his denial in response to this press release from the Little campaign. Murray is parsing words. He uses the words “official numbers” twice, while failing to acknowledge to the media at large that he did indeed adjust his numbers. No where did the Little camp say “official numbers.” They said he adjusted his numbers, which he did.
Murray needs to be forthright about this, or he risks damaging his already diminished credibility further.
