How many people are not going to vote for Menendez because...

[Conan]

There are some people voting for Kean only because Menendez is hispanic.

[Conan]

How many people in New Jersey know what the word mendacious means?

NJ leads the nation in people who have degrees from college. We also have the most engineers, doctors, and scientists in density in the country. No offense taken coming from someone from PA, you wouldnt know any better.

[Conan]

NJ leads the nation in people who have degrees from college. We also have the most engineers, doctors, and scientists in density in the country. No offense taken coming from someone from PA, you wouldnt know any better.

I will admit that you guys are very well educated people and have made the most out of your careers but I am left wondering...why is your state consisently one of the worst in the country and why do you constantly complain about your elected officials and then go on to re-elect them? When you think the intellectuals have you beat, they go ahead and fool you again...

The only elected official I have a beef with is Menendez at this point but I would still approve of the job he is doing. Just depends on the poll you read whether or not we dissapprove of our politiicians and then reelect them again. Besides its better to have skeptics then to just trust everyone.

[Conan]

The only elected official I have a beef with is Menendez at this point but I would still approve of the job he is doing. Just depends on the poll you read whether or not we dissapprove of our politiicians and then reelect them again. Besides its better to have skeptics then to just trust everyone.

New Jersey voters are beyond skeptical. They hate everyone they elect and then go on to re-elect them in landslides.

I cant recall any election in NJ that has been called a landslide. Corzine wasnt hated in the senate, McGreevey wasnt hated until later in his term. Lautenberg was beloved, just hes never in the spotlight now. Politicians cant advertise themselves year round or call out for news everyday. We dont have our own media markets so NY focuses more on Hillary and Schumer who are very popular and media whores. Philly probably the same with PA politicians, thus the focus isnt on every move our politicians make but theirs.

[Conan]

NJ leads the nation in people who have degrees from college. We also have the most engineers, doctors, and scientists in density in the country. No offense taken coming from someone from PA, you wouldnt know any better.

I will admit that you guys are very well educated people and have made the most out of your careers but I am left wondering...why is your state consisently one of the worst in the country and why do you constantly complain about your elected officials and then go on to re-elect them? When you think the intellectuals have you beat, they go ahead and fool you again...

New Jersey also has a very large urban poor population that is more easily swayed by machine politics. The NJ Democratic Party is sharply divided between the "reform Democrats" and the 'establishment Democrats". Right now, the establishment Democrats still control most offices, but the reform Democrats have been making steady gains. For example, most of the Democratic Representatives are reform Democrats (Rothman, Holt, Pallone, Andrews, etc.).

Otherwise, NJ is not "one of the worst in the country", and I'm really not sure why people from outside the state constantly have that impression. It's quite the opposite, in fact: in most respects, NJ is among the best states in the country.

Of course, you are right that New Jersey hates its elected officials. Almost everyone has a negative net approval rating. It's just the way things are; the alternatives (Kean) are never any better.

I would argue its the best in the country which a previous thread by me was made to show.