Kean-Christie Wounds Are Festering
By Art Gallagher | MoreMonmouthMusings.com While Trenton Democrats are planning their aggressive “lame -duck” agenda with an eye on making Governor Chris Christie’s 2016 prospects more difficult, New...
View ArticleO’Toole Wants to End N.J. Senate Filibusters
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic), a staunch ally of Governor Chris Christie who almost became Senate Minority Leader last month, wants to...
View ArticleMaddow Lays Into O’Toole
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog MSNBC’s only host with a semblance of a personality, Rachel Maddow, continued her exhaustive (and exhausting) coverage of the Bridgegate scandal on Monday night,...
View ArticleKean Replaces O’Toole, Bateman
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog The Kean-Christie rift doesn’t manifest itself in a “hot” war, Save Jerseyans, but it’s clear enough to legislative Republicans that the 2013 election signaled the...
View ArticleO’Toole vs. the Wiz (VIDEO)
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog You know there’s something wrong with the Bridgegate SCI when both Steve Sweeney and Michael Patrick Carroll question its purpose. It’s not hard to see why when...
View ArticleSenators Take State House Steps Ice Bath
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog The ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” has been the thing to do this summer, Save Jerseyans, as friends, family members and co-workers guilt each other into participating...
View ArticleBridgegate GOP Issues Minority Statement
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog We’ve heard from the Legislative Majority on Bridgegate, Save Jerseyans, but its 136-page “investigatory” report compiled by Democrat Chicago attorneys after an...
View ArticleRooney: “From Day One, This Was About Getting Chris Christie”
By Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Our Blogger-in-Chief Matt Rooney discussed the release of competing legislative Bridgegate investigation reports this week on Chasing New Jersey, Save Jerseyans,...
View ArticleKevin O’Toole announces he’s not seeking reelection in ’17
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog It’s a wild Friday in Bergen politics, Save Jerseyans. Hours after sources confirmed that GOP Sheriff, Michael Saudino, would switch parties, veteran GOP State...
View ArticleAn early look at possible O’Toole successors in LD40
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog With Friday’s announcement of Senator Kevin O’Toole’s retirement, Save Jerseyans, some party leaders see the potential for a free-for-all to replace him. Here are...
View ArticleBCRO Battle Over? Rooney endorses Yudin, ‘Stellato’s Best Asset’, as...
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Politics is always complicated and no place more so than in Bergen County, Save Jerseyans, where in a somewhat stunning turn at a Tuesday night county committee...
View ArticleLD40 trio Corrado, Rooney and DePhillips announce endorsement-rich campaign
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog FYI – LD40 speculation first reported here at Save Jersey has been confirmed, folks. On Tuesday, Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa), Kevin Rooney (R-Wyckoff) and...
View ArticlePOLL: Who Should Succeed O’Toole in LD40?
The battle over LD39 isn’t the only primary roiling North Jersey Republican circles this year, Save Jerseyans. In neighboring LD40, BCRO Chairman and former Assembly Leader Paul DiGaetano, incumbent...
View ArticlePAX BERGENA? DiGaetano, Cardinale Enter Into Non-Aggression Pact
It’s been years since there was a grand attempt at Bergen County GOP unity, Save Jerseyans. Take #2? On Monday afternoon, a joint letter was released by BCRO Chairman Paul DiGaetano and State Senate...
View ArticleKean Sr. Angry at Mentee Christie
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog “It certainly doesn’t make me any fonder of him.” That’s what alumnus Governor Tom Kean told The Bergen Record in an exclusive interview, Save Jerseyans, reacting...
View ArticleKey Christie ally slated to lead the Port Authority
Chris Christie’s influence in regional government will continue after he leaves office in January. Today, the New Jersey governor and Andrew Cuomo of New York announced their agreement to appoint...
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