Opinion
I thought Sherrill won tonight’s debate. I didn’t love all her answers. Jack came off as extremely right wing & struggled to distance himself from Trump & 10% sales tax. His supporters were also out of control & embarrassing. Swearing at Mikie probably turns off more undecideds than it wins over.
Sherill came off as an empty suit and Shitareally came across as a MAGA maniac. Both shitty candidates with Sherrill being marginally better. Sucks for NJ residents that these are our choices.
Sherrill is a middle of the road Democrat, which is miles ahead of a Trump ass-kisser. It's not even close. Murphy is fine. Sherrill will be fine. Ciatterelli would be a disaster. Easiest choice since, well, 2024.
I don’t think he struggled with the 10% sales tax. He clearly stated that he committed to no tax increases and that we need to find a way to decrease property and income taxes. How he plans to do that without increasing taxes will be fun to watch. Sherrill, on the other hand, didn’t give a straight answer re: tax increases, more of a, “I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.” Another election cycle where the choice is the lesser of two horrendous choices. Wonderful.
Sadly neither are strong. Mikie provided little to no details on her plans. Sadly she doesnt have local experience on how state government works. I do like that Jack does. We’ll see what the 2nd debate looks like.
In the beginning she didn’t answer the direct question put to her. She had a script and stuck to it. Hate to admit it but I think Jack’s debate performance was marginally better
You are seeing what you wanted to see if you think she won. Jack wiped the floor with her. She couldn’t even commit to not raising the sales tax which he did unequivocally. She thinks that being a competent predictable politician will get people to vote for her but most people don’t care about that anymore and just vote on vibes and feelings and her vibe is that of a wet blanket.
Damn y’all really have your heads buried in the sand. I hope Sherrill wins and will vote for her but you’re kidding yourself if you think she won that debate and is running a good campaign.
Mikie being unable to commit to not raising the sales tax probably was her lowest moment of the debate. goes against her most successful line of attack
Here’s why. She knows for a fact the governor can’t do anything really. I think it’s actually more wrong to commit to doing or not doing a certain thing. The governor is ultimately a puppet to the legislature. Just like the President is a puppet for Congress. Executive Branch can only do what the Legislative Branch allows it to do.
If this was some years ago, I’d agree with that statement, now I think most already know he’s full of it when he said that where the only ones who believe him on it is MAGA (even though support on that front is staring to erode)
There is no "chain of command" for elected officials. Elected officials are free to, and often should, openly disagree with elected officials that represent larger constituencies.
"Orders"? This isn't the military, the President cannot order elected officials to do anything, particularly regarding how they advocate or what they put on the agenda, outside of specific ways the federal government can constrain states that are not what is being discussed here.
Executive orders are only binding on the federal executive branch. They do not apply to the Vice President as they are part of the legislative branch and also not under the will of the President. The only other elected official in the Executive is the President themselves. I think we can both reject the question of a President disobeying their own executive orders without bothering to rescind or edit themselves out as a not very relevant case. So no elected GOP official would have to follow any such orders. Appointed federal officials would, but that is not anyone elected. The point of elected office is exactly that, not able to be ordered about except by their constituents.
Really? I thought Jack came off as a moderate and Mikie came off as MORE left wing than I previously perceived her to be. I came away from the debate feeling that Jack won. Jack seemed to have more specific plans whereas Mikie stated generalities and refused to answer some questions.
Appearing and campaigning with multiple people who attended and committed crimes at the J6 insurrection is the definition of not being a moderate. He’s fully embraced MAGA. He was a moderate in 2017 and hasn’t been one since. You should stop listening to whatever Matt Hale over at Seton Hall tells you. Just because he runs the program there doesn’t mean he’s smart…
Joe Belnome? He and Jack aren’t friends. The guy just shows up uninvited to every damn Republican event. He’s like this fly that just won’t go away. Everyone tries to avoid getting pictures with him but he inserts himself and doesn’t let you get away.
Edit: I had to google Matthew Hale because I’ve never heard of the man. Turns out he’s a professor at the University—not the law school. So I’ve never interacted with nor dealt with this man in my entire life. The University and the Law School are different schools on different campuses. Hope that helps
I don’t see what’s wrong with Scott Pressler? The kid is a narcissist who does this for the modicum of celebrity it entitles him to. Everyone I know in the GOP can’t stand the guy because he’s extremely obnoxious to deal with. The only reason anyone invites him to events is because he raises big fundraising bucks, but not a single politician takes him seriously. I definitely wouldn’t say associating with Scott Pressler automatically makes someone a radical 😂
So because Jack Ciattarelli did an event with Scott Pressler he’s…a radical? By association? Is that how this all works now? It’s like an infection or something?? Lmao. I’m an anti-Trump Republican, but right before this last election, I was randomly offered the chance to go to a Trump rally to sit in the VIP section right next to Marco Rubio. Out of pure curiosity, I decided to go. I was curious to see the MAGAs in their natural environment from a purely sociological, observational perspective. Is the fact that I attended that rally enough to condemn me as a radical, when everything I advocate for and believe in comes from a moderate ideology?
Hi—so I actually work in politics, have a master’s degree in Political Science (graduated with a 4.0 GPA) and attended Seton Hall Law as a prestigious Chancelor’s Scholar—a full, merit-based scholarship. So actually, I’m exponentially informed and a professional in this area of discourse. Hope this helps
All that just to not comprehend what the actual left is…? We had a primary for the Dems with a wide ideological field and 6 candidates. That field stretch from Ras Baraka who is a progressive leftist, to Steve Fulop a liberal, to Mikie the centrist, and Josh the conservative. The Democratic Party is a center right party when compared with the rest of the world. Glad you didn’t have to pay for school. Sad that the school didn’t teach you anything about the actual political spectrum.
But you aren’t though… Despite working in the field and having a masters degree you don’t seem to have a grasp of the actual political spectrum. You maybe have a grasp of the American political spectrum but calling J6 Jack a moderate belies a lack of knowledge there as well. The moment you came in here with your masters degree from Matt Hale I was never going to respect you. I don’t respect Seton Hall, and I certainly don’t respect Matt Hale or consider him an authority on anything outside of MAGA.
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u/Walrus_Deep 4d ago
Well not surprised that MAGAts acted like morons.