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1. Steve Lonegan: Social conservatives are not a New Jersey myth
(Opinion/Commentary)

... women — united and worked like the dickens to elect someone who embraced our agenda. We called our friends. We knocked on doors. We drove people to the polls. Frankly, we just plain outworked the other ...

2. Sweeney's first act as N.J. Senate President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of faith with the gay community – traditional Democratic Party supporters – as well as turning the party's back on its progressive principles. While polls show a slim margin of support for the legalization ...

3. President Obama says new Afghanistan war strategy coming after Thanksgiving
(U.S./Nation)

... opinion polls in the United States show dwindling support for the war in Afghanistan. But the president says once they understand his plan, Americans will stand behind it. "I feel very confident that ...

4. Paula Franzese: Voters give New Jersey leaders a rare opportunity for uniform ethics reform
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the just-concluded campaign, voters expressed disappointment at the bitter tone, complaining to pollsters about what they perceived to be unnecessary negative assaults and misleading television ads. Although ...

5. Seton Hall’s gamble pays off with victory over Cornell
(Sports/Professional)

... 10 rebounds and four assists. More astoundingly he was 1-10 from the field but a perfect 14-14 at the line. Big East Bullet Point: I guess this is why pre-season polls don't really matter. The one unveiled ...

6. Just what is a filibuster, anyway?
(U.S./Nation)

... that could keep the Senate from casting that vote. Is this a minor technicality? Many of the reform's puzzled supporters out in the country – a ready majority if polls are to be believed – are left to ...

7. Nation’s 2010 governor races to hang on the economy
(U.S./Nation)

... the budget. Tensions over taxes hikes and spending cuts already are swelling around some embattled incumbents. Consider: Arizona: Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is behind in early polls, including against ...

8. Schiano has his say as Rutgers sets sights on Syracuse
(Sports/Professional)

... ranked and hopefully if we can keep playing the best that we are capable, hopefully we can climb in those polls. It could change this week. When you have more games to play, you got to go out and take ...

9. New Jerseyans make it clear in Eagleton Poll: Cutting taxes is the No. 1 mandate for Governor-elect Chris Christie
(N.J./State)

... the others. As for Daggett's showing — he captured 6 percent of voters after earlier polls showed him winning about 20 percent — the new poll found that among the 92 percent of respondents who did not ...

10. U.S. alliance with Japan showing signs of strain
(World/International)

... calls — led by leftist coalition partners and supported in polls by 70 percent of Okinawans — to relocate Futenma off Okinawa altogether, and even out of Japan. More at CNSNews.com  ...

11. Daggett’s poor showing closes book on independents in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... favors Republicans and Democrats by shunting independents off to one side and lumping them all together telephone directory style. At one point, his support in polls rose as high as 20 percent, an unheard ...

12. Corzine walking off defeat on Caribbean beach
(N.J./State)

... him at the polls by laying on the beach and catching some rays at St. Barthelmy (St. Barts) Island in the Caribbean through Tuesday, his office confirmed Monday. "Helping him lick his wounds,‘' as the ...

13. After a dark campaign in New Jersey, let's focus on the positive trends brought to light on Election Day
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to gain support from a significant percentage of New Jersey's independent voters. As exit polls by the National Election Pool/Edison Research revealed, 73 percent of those polled said Corzine had attacked ...

14. Most New Jerseyans still believe state politics is corrupt
(N.J./State)

... about government and politics." Exit polls show that while corruption was the No. 1 issue for only 20 percent of Tuesday's voters, both Republican Chris Christie and Democrat Jon Corzine were viewed ...

15. First Ammendment Rights RE: Exit Polls
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Where is the ACLU in this discussion? Someone should be the watchdog for abuses of our Constitutional rights. Where were the Liberals or any other proponents of free speech? Why has it taken so long ...

16. N.J. court curbed the First Amendment and the right to vote
(Opinion/Commentary)

... free speech. The new restrictions grant New Jersey the dubious distinction of being the only state to fence journalists and exit pollsters completely out of polling sites. A product of New Jersey's ...

17. Election Day outcome could put President Obama, Democrats on their heels
(U.S./Nation)

... Today program: "The president is very popular in Virginia," said Tim Kaine. "The exit polls showed both in Virginia and New Jersey that the president really retains a strong popularity among the voters ...

18. Winner and losers from New Jersey Election Day
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the campaign. The White House will have to scramble to explain away the loss. The fallout could even affect his plans for health care. Pollsters Predictions of the supposed professionals don't always ...

19. Voters: Four years were more than enough of Jon Corzine
(Opinion/Commentary)

... exit polls showed the voters were not enamored with either candidate. Their unfavorable rates ran higher than their favorable rates. As Patrick Murray, the head of the Monmouth University Poll put it ...

20. NEW JERSEY VOTERS ELECT CHRIS CHRISTIE 55th GOVERNOR
(N.J./State)

... on how to turn his re-election bid around. Joel Benenson, Obama‘s chief pollster in 2008, became a key figure in the Corzine campaign. A major part of the effort to overcome Christie involved Obama ...