Politics As Usual

Hi everyone. It's politics as usual. NJ has returned most, if not all, of the State Senate and Assembly to their prior seats and has selected Jim McGreevey as our new Governor. Michael Bloomberg is the new NYC mayor. And barring recounts and absentees, it looks like Jim Whelan will be returning as mayor of Atlantic City.

What sucked big time about this campaign - and what generally turns me off to the election process in general - is the increasingly negative tone of all of the television and radio campaigns of various candidates. Bloomberg's opponent, Mark Green, made a desparate last ditch attempt to shame Bloomberg on some matter that was settled half a decade ago, and I am pleased that that strategy has blown up in his face. We now even get attack ads on billboards and even on banner ads on the Internet. To borrow an oft-repeated tagline from these type commercials: "Its WRONG for politics!"