http://www.thestatenj.com/engine The STATE of New Jersey Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:23:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/the-tea-party-gains-influence-in-new-jersey-on-all-levels-of-government/ http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/the-tea-party-gains-influence-in-new-jersey-on-all-levels-of-government/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:28 +0000 John Witherspoon http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/?p=1224 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/the-tea-party-gains-influence-in-new-jersey-on-all-levels-of-government/feed/ 0 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/legislative-recap-from-the-first-christie-administration-budget/ http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/legislative-recap-from-the-first-christie-administration-budget/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:47:38 +0000 John Witherspoon http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/?p=1154 Tom Kean Jr. Abdicates to a Democrat Favored O’Toole? Did Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean, Jr. lose his position to Kevin O’Toole? Or did Kean simply abdicate his authority to negotiate on behalf of the caucus? Kevin O'Toole upped his already significant profile among New Jersey Republicans by directing traffic during the Senate Budget committee votes to release the compromise budget and revenue-enhancement proposals when Mike Doherty went off the reservation and refused to be a part of the proceedings. His leadership on this issue lead us to a question. Was it the Senate Republican Caucus who chose O’Toole for this position, or was it Steve Sweeney...]]> http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/07/legislative-recap-from-the-first-christie-administration-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/cristies-appointment-not-worth-considering/ http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/cristies-appointment-not-worth-considering/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 20:54:37 +0000 John Witherspoon http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/?p=1041 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/cristies-appointment-not-worth-considering/feed/ 0 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/supreme-court-nominee-anne-patterson/ http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/supreme-court-nominee-anne-patterson/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 19:53:27 +0000 John Witherspoon http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/?p=1037 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/supreme-court-nominee-anne-patterson/feed/ 0 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/justice-john-wallace/ http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/justice-john-wallace/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 17:28:50 +0000 John Witherspoon http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/?p=1033 http://www.thestatenj.com/engine/2010/05/justice-john-wallace/feed/ 0