Senate Candidates Debated Last Night And Bob Menendez Could Only Point To Two “Accomplishments” In 25 Years

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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Republican candidate for Senate Bob Hugin debated last night and the winner was whoever you wanted it to be. Here at The Bob & Steve Show we think Hugin won.

The problem with debates is, generally speaking, the people watching are the supporters of the combatants. The only way to actually win is to cause your opponent to have a complete meltdown. Even if that happens, in this day and age of election seasons, rather than just an election day, debates are held much too late. Debates need to be held earlier, in New Jersey, right before vote-by-mail ballots are sent out would be a good idea.

For me, last night’s debate told me that Bob Menendez has been in Washington, DC since 1993 and his only accomplishment was to bring back millions of dollars after Superstorm Sandy. My dog could have done that!

The fact of the matter is bringing money back after Superstorm Sandy was a group effort. My co-host on The Bob & Steve Show, Bob Greco, distinctly remembers as chairman of the Cumberland GOP, while cleaning the family shore home in Sea Isle City pausing to get on a conference a conference call with Governor Chris Christie and President Barack Obama and the governor making clear how this was a bipartisan effort.

Sure, as The Hill, pointed out, “Menendez repeatedly brought up his work on the Affordable Care Act, noting in his opening statement that he ‘proudly’ authored the health care law.” After a heart attack and my recent stay in the hospital I hate him for that. I’m one of the 20 million self-employed Americans who lost their insurance thanks to Obamacare and am now going to be broke for the rest of my life paying for those hospital stays. Thanks Menendez!

I don’t care what party you belong to. If you spend a quarter of a century in Washington, DC and you can only point to two accomplishments during an hour plus debate, you do not deserve to be re-elected. Period!

With all that said, Republicans need to get in line or we’re going to be stuck with another six years of Bob Menendez as the senior Senator from New Jersey. Too many Republicans, you’ve heard them, are whining about how they can’t vote for Hugin because he isn’t conservative enough.

To those Republicans, I am not going to make my usual arguments, those Republicans don’t listen anyway. Instead, listen to the words of JR Carman of the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans.

JR Carman is a smart guy, he has to be, he works with nukes or something to do with nuclear energy, either way, he’s smarter than me. He’s also very conservative, more conservative than me, and, trust me, my family thinks I’m an ultra right-wing conservative.

Carman, in his role as the founder of the New Jersey Constitutional Republicans, released a video about a week ago in which he talks about the importance of voting Republican to “slow down the Democratic Socialist Party's desire to destroy our Constitutional Republic.”

Watch the video, listen to the words and then go vote Republican, if you have a vote-by-mail ballot due it immediately after watching the video, otherwise get out there on November 6.

There’s A Dougherty Connection To The Clementon Whistleblower Suit

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The saga of former Haddon Township Commissioner Paul Dougherty has more twists and turns than a cheap garden hose!

Yesterday NJ.com reported on a whistleblower suit filed by a “long-time” Clementon Police officer. It’s a well-written piece with a lot of he said, she said type stuff. What really caught my attention was the following:

“In addition to Grover and the borough, the suit names Mayor Thomas Weaver, Councilmen Mark Armbruster and Jonathan Fisher, Administrator and Clerk Jenai Johnson, and former police chief Randal Freiling.”

Clerk Jenai Johnson also happens to be the part-time township clerk in Haddon Township. Paul Dougherty, as you may recall, was the prosecutor in Clementon and sources allege Dougherty recommended Johnson for the job in Haddon Township.

It’s just another twist in the Dougherty saga.

AND, IN OTHER DOUGHERTY NEWS: Dougherty’s hit and run court appearance has been postponed because the victim did not receive her subpoena in timely manner. The court appearance will be rescheduled.

PRESS RELEASE: NJGOP Releases Names Of 29 High-Ranking Democrat Elected Officials And Candidates Who Have Stayed Silent On Menendez Senate Candidacy

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NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt called out 29 High-Ranking Democrats over their silence on Bob Menendez today. The press release follows.

NJGOP Releases Names Of 29 High-Ranking Democrat Elected Officials And Candidates Who Have Stayed Silent On Menendez Senate Candidacy

Trenton, NJ - The NJGOP is today publishing the names of 29 high-ranking Democratic elected officials who have remained silent on the Bob Menendez for Senate campaign, neither endorsing his candidacy or denouncing his conduct. 

As Bob Hugin racks up endorsements from Republicans and Democrats around New Jersey, Senator Menendez is struggling to solidify  support within his own party. 

This was foreshadowed when Menendez won just 62% of the vote in the democratic primary against an unknown candidate who spent no money. 

Among the 2018 Democratic Congressional candidates and members of the State Senate and Assembly, 29 officials and candidates are avoiding association with the damaged Senator; 30 if you count Governor Phil Murphy, whose well-timed trip to Europe lets him avoid confrontation with the press on his campaign and Administration’s questionable hiring practices and collaboration with Senator Menendez on the campaign trail.

NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt offered the following comment:

"If New Jersey’s Democrats have such a public aversion to Senator Bob Menendez as a party leader, why do they remain silent? Just which way do their moral compasses point? If the 29 Democratic standard bearers reflected on this list aren’t willing to stand with their own US Senator, then voters deserve to know that.  And if they are, then voters deserve to know that too."

Congressional Candidates

Van Drew

Malinowski

Senate Members

Turner

Diegnan

Codey

Lagana

Assembly Members

Andrejczak

Land

Armato

Mazzeo

Burzichelli

Moriarty

Spearman

Greenwald

Conaway

Murphy

Houghtaling

Verrelli

Danielsen

Karabinchak

Carter

Kennedy

Jasey

McKeon

Speight

Giblin

Calabrese

Johnson

Tully

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