Day: April 20, 2015

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New Jersey Politics

Poll: Chris Christie’s Approval Hits New Low in New Jersey

How low will he go? I don’t know, but according to these new poll results in New Jersey, Republican Governor Chris Christie just hit an all time low in the state he governs.

New Jersey voters disapprove of the job Christie is doing by 56 percent to 38 percent, his lowest-ever approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

Voters gave him the lowest marks for his handling of the state budget, education, the economy and jobs. The results come just days after the state of New Jersey’s credit rating was downgraded for a ninth time since Christie took office in January 2010.

Moody’s Investors Service cut New Jersey to A2 with a negative outlook late on Thursday, citing “the lack of improvement in the state’s weak financial position and large structural imbalance,” stemming mostly from huge shortfalls in its public pension contributions.

New Jersey is the second-lowest-rated U.S. state, behind only Illinois.

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Politics

Jon Stewart Explains Why He’s Leaving The Daily Show

In a new interview with The Guardian, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart explained the different factors that led to his decision to leave the hit show.

Among the need to spend more time with his family, Stewart said that doing the show based on today’s politics became an increasingly redundant, leaving him wondering if there were other ways to “skin this cat.”

“It’s not like I thought the show wasn’t working any more,” Stewart said, “or that I didn’t know how to do it. It was more, ‘Yup, it’s working. But I’m not getting the same satisfaction.’”

“These things are cyclical. You have moments of dissatisfaction, and then you come out of it and it’s OK. But the cycles become longer and maybe more entrenched, and that’s when you realize, ‘OK, I’m on the back side of it now.’”

He continued.

“Honestly, it was a combination of the limitations of my brain and a format that is geared towards following an increasingly redundant process, which is our political process. I was just thinking, ‘Are there other ways to skin this cat?’

And, beyond that, it would be nice to be home when my little elves get home from school, occasionally.”

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death Featured Politics

#Insanity – Dead man’s Arbitrary Ask Voters Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton

There is an undying fascination with the right wing over a possible Hillary Clinton presidency in 2016 and death. Recently, I highlighted a story about someone attacking the tombstone of Hillary Clinton’s deceased father and now this – using the arbitrary of a dead man to ask voters not to vote for Mrs Clinton.

A North Carolina man’s obituary asked two things of friends and family: instead of sending flowers for the funeral, give the money to charity — and don’t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The family of 81-year-old Larry Upright added the political message to the obituary announcing the Kannapolis man’s death and burial last week, according to WSOC-TV.

Upright’s daughter, Jill McLain, said the rock-ribbed Republican was passionate about politics. She said that recollection prompted his family to ask obituary readers to reject Clinton’s presidential bid.

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