Work Horses or Show Horses?
Rush Holt doing Steve Holt. Who is Steve Holt? facebook photo
Frank Pallone doing Frank Pallone
Congressmen Frank Pallone and Rush Holt have each been trying to close the canyon in the polls between themselves and Newark Mayor Cory Booker for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg be asserting that they are “work horses” that get the job done while Booker is a “show horse” celebrity.
There’s not much evidence that it is working. Nor is there much evidence that Pallone and Holt are indeed “work horses.”
In the 24 years Pallone has been in Congress, 6 bills that he sponsored became law. The Affordable Health Care Act, aka ObamaCare was not one of them.
Holt has been in Congress 14 years. Three of his bills have become law.
Of those nine bills Pallone and Holt have successfully navigated to the president’s desk for signature, two were to name post offices. One post office for each of them.
Booker may be a “show horse,” but what do Pallone and Holt have to show for their years in Congress?
More from my site
Oliver is running for Senate
What the Eck!
More Monmouth Musings Endorses Frank Pallone
Scudiery Aggressively Out To See Pallone Defeated
Booker won’t run for President in 2016
Quinnipiac Poll: Women will put Booker of the top
FDU Public Mind Poll is bad news for Frank Pallone and the politicos who want to replace him
Pallone’s Family Values
Rand Paul slams Booker and his ‘imaginary friend’ as he endorses Lonegan
Lonegan Takes The Offensive
have the Ft. Monmouth base closure to his credit 🙂
Signed,
Silence Dogood, Redux
If you want to put the blame on anyone for Fort Monmouth closing, go find out who ordered the DOD/Army to come up with the phony numbers they used and gave to BRAC as justification for moving to Aberdeen.
Pallone has done a lot during his tenure:
1. The Army closed Fort Monmouth without him even realizing it.
2. Fort Hancock is basically in ruins under his leadership
3. He failed to secure the proper funding for Port Monmouth’s flood control project despite it’s approval. Thousands of homes destroyed thanks to his foresight and leadership.
I’m sure there are many other accomplishments we can come up with.
has amazing union goon support, an enviable ground effort, enough money, and a good consultant that has always made him look like an”every man,” which he is not, everybody’s grandson or drinking pal, which he is not, and a real fighter or the taxpayers, as he votes to regulate and tax us into oblivion, and make us think he’s all for whatever cause of the minute he needs to be for.. With such a dismal record, and a really dispassionate and aloof attitude, (unless it’s time to crank up the election-machine again to keep him from having to work), the guy should’ve been gone-many terms ago.. But, do not count him out: I think Booker had better start reaching down here to the middle and south of NJ, bigtime next week, or the old cop’s son will get an unfortunate and totally undeserved promotion!
I wonder what type of ground game Pallone has in Newark, Jersey City, Camden and Trenton? Sure he will swamp everyone in the 6th CD, what about the rest of the state?
there are potential Pallone knock- and- draggers,happy to make a few extra bucks on Election Day.. I just think Booker and co. shouldn’t become too over- confident: Pallone’s tv ads are of good quality,and quietly nudges those in his party of less color, for example, to get out and support him, if you think about it.. the only limiting factor for him this time, is time, and he does have the celebrity factor to intend with….you are looking at a veteran, as opposed to a virtual newcomer, in terms of where and how to grab enough votes, at exactly the right moment.. just sayin’..
Like it really worked for Corzine. Get real Pallone has Union support outside of Monmouth/Middlesex in his dreams.