February Mon, 2001
GARDEN STATE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSH’S PRESIDENCY But Residents’ Affections Follow Clinton
New Jersey residents are giving President George W. Bush the benefit of the doubt as he settles into office, but their expectations for a Bush presidency are not high. Many approve of the job he is doing so far, as well as his cabinet appointments, and most are optimistic about the next four years with the Bush administration.
February Sun, 2001
Governor Whitman Waves Farewell To New Jersey: State Shrugs Garden State Residents Look Back on 7 Years of Christie Whitman
New Jerseyans appear to be losing little sleep over the departure of their Governor of the last seven years – Christine Todd Whitman. While enjoying generally popular regard, and being seen as a “fair-to-good” Governor, just three-in-ten credit her with any major accomplishment over her tenure as chief executive of the state. Whitman leaves a mixed legacy on handling a variety of issues in New Jersey, and she gets more of the blame for problems facing the state than she gets credit for those things that are going well.
February Thu, 2001
New Jersey’s Acting Governor: Donald Who?
The new acting Governor of New Jersey – Donald DiFrancesco – is a mystery to most state residents. But while the current Senate President is largely unknown, few New Jerseyans are alarmed that an unfamiliar figure is assuming the state’s highest office. And the state is nearly evenly divided over whether DiFrancesco should act as a caretaker or actively pursue his own agenda while serving as acting Governor.
October Sun, 2000
The Garden State in the 2000 Election: Gore and Corzine–Perfect Together
A week and a half before the nation votes on November 7, New Jersey still looks like it is firmly in the Democratic Party’s column. The state appears ready to give its 15 electoral votes to Vice President Al Gore, and to replace its retiring Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg with political newcomer Jon Corzine.