A Lost Opportunity

Senate President Dick Codey stole New Jersey’s relevancy.  As I have documented numerous times here over the last three years, Codey single-handedly pushed to move New Jersey’s presidential primary from early June to February.  The rationale Codey provided was to make New Jersey more relevant in national politics.

New Jersey held its presidential primary on Super Tuesday along with 23 other states.  Did you notice a flood of candidates here in the Garden State?

Our state was lost in the swell of states pushing for relevancy.

As of today, the Democratic Primary is very close.  Only 101 delegates separate Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton.  By all accounts this primary is going to drag out through all 50 states.  Despite the unlikelihood of Clinton surpassing Obama, it can end up so close as to not produce a clear winner.  The summer should be fun in Denver.

But consider if Codey had worked on cutting state spending rather than playing politics.  The Democratic would still be as tight as it is right now.  But instead of having our governor cheer from the sidelines, New Jersey would be primed to be a king maker.  At least the candidates would be coming here to listen to our concerns.

That won’t happen here this year or any other year for that matter now that we are so early and with so many other states.  Thanks, Sen. Codey.

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