[cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you all very much. Now, before we begin, i have to ask you for a favor. Not for a moment of silence but for a moment of celebration, for the extraordinary life of governor brendan burn. Thats what he would have wanted. We know brendon wouldnt have wanted violence. He would have wonted celebration so lets all rise and celebrate governor burn. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] nine years ago yesterday, i went to pick up theneightyearold patrick and thenfiveyearold bridget from school. On my way out of school with them, on the front lawn of the Assumption School in morristown, i announced to the assembled media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. On that day i said many things but looking back the most important statement was this. I said if youre looking for the same old stuff, you got the wrong person. Little did i know just how right i would be nine years later. Nine years is a lifetime ago
Governor wolf. He talks about how he shoveled horse dung at the age of 10, knows how to repair tractors, started garbage and trucking companies, and he says he can take all this knowledge, hometown philosophy to help pennsylvania achieve more. So, val, is this the start of a populist campaign very much like the Trump Campaign we saw last year, and could he be called the frontrunner . Yes, it is the start of a populist campaign. Hes running it that way. Remember, scott wagner ran in a writein race against the establishment for state senate and won. I dont think thats ever been done in pennsylvania where a writein candidate beat sort of the establishment. Never won. Yes, youre correct. Not that we could find out. Hes a hardcharger. Hes selfmade in every way. And, you know, hes got a very strong populist message. If he could tie that in with some sort of positive vision for pennsylvania, not just talk about the things he doesnt like, but talk about what his vision is on energy, on educati
Why do you ask . [ laughter ] i dont think so. I sense a very different tone in harrisburg. I mean, last year i think there was a little bit of testing, and and there was a different approach this year. I think people want to get it done. The governor also said he didnt overreach with his last budget, which had many moving parts and led to a standoff with republicans that just ended last month, almost 10 months. Now, meanwhile, a source tells me republicans are, indeed, weary about what happened last year and into this year, but that theyre even more committed than ever on holding the line on taxes and even described this whole situation this way the gop has wolf boxed in. Would you agree, george . You know, they control both houses you know, the senate and the house in harrisburg. But i think even they have to answer to the public at some point in time, and i think they all understand that. I think the benefit this time around, whether the governor is right or whether the legislators
A virtual debate. The race between democratic representative Tom Malinowski and tom kean junior, his republican challenger, is considered to be the most competitive in the state this election cycle. The debate was hosted by the new jersey globe. Welcome, everybody to the new jersey globe today. Between candidates for congress in new jerseys seventh district, the democratic incumbent, Tom Malinowski, and republican cha im david while steam, the editor of the new jersey globe. Thank you congressman and senator for participating in this important exchange of ideas that permit voters a chance to compare your views and decide who they want to represent them in the congress for the next two years. Every candidate will have 90 seconds to make an opening statement. After that, i will ask a series of questions related to National Issues and the campaign for congress in the seventh district. For better or for worse, every question in this debate has been prepared by me. Ive not shared this with
Then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. Then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. So four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. You couldnt really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly predictable anything for that president ial election. And in the president ial election of 1980, youll remember that Ronald Reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. Right after he collected that nomination, the Republican Party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention, right after that convention, he and his campaign decided that straight away, what they were going to do, they were going to send their candidate to mississippi, to philadelphia, mississippi, specifically. And philadelphia, mississippi, is not a big place. Its a little bit out of the way. Its not the easiest place in the world to get to. But