Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you k
In 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you know . Its not for the faint of heart. The politics, the money, the press, the media, the scrutiny, are all larger. I teach new jersey politic
Do you agree? no. i mean so obama was very close to striking in august 2013, and we were at the 11th hour. french jets were readied in terms of targets. so it wasn t as if obama was waiting for congress. it s only when he apparently had second thoughts at the very last moment that he said, okay, let s table this and have a conversation about it. but i think that for obama, it was about skirting responsibility, and he already had made his decision, and he knew the votes weren t there in congress. right, but the votes not being there and, jennifer, i d like you to talk about it as well. the votes not being there, it s not just the votes not being there. it s that as a sort of democratic matter, does america want to go to war in syria? we should also say we ve been bombing in syria. we ve been bombing isis, and there are many people in the revolution in syria who say that we ve essentially been helping assad in that respect, so i should be clear about that. but the votes not being t