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Patrick Murray: “New Jersey voters are probably a little more savvy than reporters”

Monmouth University Polling Institute Director Patrick Murray is a “go to guy” for journalists looking for expert opinions and analysis on New Jersey politics.

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Matt Katz called Murray to ask him why Christie’s approval numbers are so high when many voters used the pejoratives “bully” and “arrogant” when asked to use one word to describe the Governor and when Jersey mainstream media pundits so frequently criticise Christie’s manners.  Katz mentioned The Star Ledger’s Tom Moran, Inquirer opinion writers, and the Courier-Post editorial board.  He could have included most of the Statehouse press corp, save Gannett’s Bob Ingle and the Capitol Quckies crew.

Murray’s answer was Christieesque in its refreshing honesty: “Part of the issue is, voters of New Jersey are probably a little more savvy than reporters.”

Who talks to more reporters and voters in New Jersey than Murray?  His is an expert opinion.

“Ouch,” wrote Katz, who often writes critically of Christie.

Credit Katz for including Murray’s quote in his article.  If you start seeing Ben Dworkin’s name in The Star Ledger more than Murray’s, you’ll know Chrisite was right when he called famously called Moran, the editorial page editor, “the thinnest skinned guy and America.”

 

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Posted: July 30th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Media, NJ Media | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

6 Comments on “Patrick Murray: “New Jersey voters are probably a little more savvy than reporters””

  1. Why? said at 5:16 pm on July 30th, 2012:

    Speaking of voters … The election is now 99 days away. Why is Mitt Romney in Poland today? Why isn’t he in Florida or North Carolina? Why did Chris Christie endorse this ineffectual RINO?

  2. Bob English said at 9:56 pm on July 30th, 2012:

    Interesting comments by Romney praising Israel’s universal health care system which requires citizens to have health insurance.

  3. Lois said at 7:07 am on July 31st, 2012:

    i love how some people are sooo good at nit-picking…… —when Romney hit it out of the park in Israel, and was welcomed with open arms in Poland– where Obama could not get an audience.

    FOCUS, folks:
    OBAMA MUST BE DEFEATED!
    OBAMA MUST BE DEFEATED!!
    OBAMA MUST BE DEFEATED!!!

    WE MUST TAKE BACK THE SENATE!
    WE MUST TAKE BACK THE SENATE!!
    WE MUST TAKE BACK THE SENATE!!!

    —–and getting Joe Kyrillos elected will help accomplish that.

    Question: What are YOU doing with your time and energy which might help accomplish these 2 fundamental/primary/of the utmost importance/critical goals??

    i ask because my blood runs cold…..heart pounds out of my chest…..gut twists into a knot——-at the prospect of another 4 years of Obama….

    Time to put away the pea-shooters, and dig in to do the WORK—–to ensure we prevail in November.

    OBAMA MUST (underlined) BE DEFEATED.
    WE NEED JOE KYRILLOS (yay Joe!!!) IN THE U.S. SENATE.

  4. Bob English said at 8:31 pm on July 31st, 2012:

    Hit it out of the park in Israel???? LOL!

    Maybe he raised a lot of money but his trip was a disaster in England and not much better in Israel. He would have been fine if he just settled for photo ops and did not open his mouth and speak.

  5. brian said at 12:33 pm on August 1st, 2012:

    Right Flopsy—because the Palestinian culture thrives while lsraelis are mired in poverty, lslam, and suicidal tendencies—IDIOT

  6. brian said at 12:35 pm on August 1st, 2012:

    And the UK had to mobilize thousands of troops to help with their failed security—-or maybe Romney made that up Flopsy????