1 00:00:01,333 --> 00:00:03,533 THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK IS O 2 00:00:03,533 --> 00:00:05,700 NEW JERSEY'’’S FEDERAL LAWMAKERS. 3 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,266 >>> MAJOR FUNDING FO 4 00:00:08,266 --> 00:00:09,933 "REPORTER'S ROUND TABLE" WIT 5 00:00:09,933 --> 00:00:11,933 MICHAEL ARON IS PROVIDED B 6 00:00:11,933 --> 00:00:13,900 PSE&G, SERVING CUSTOMERS 7 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:14,533 STRENGTHENING THE BUSINESS 8 00:00:14,533 --> 00:00:16,500 COMMUNITY AND INVESTING IN NEW 9 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:19,833 JERSEY'S FUTURE.PPROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED B 10 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,200 NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE 11 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,500 THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 12 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,700 BUSINESS AND INDUSTR 13 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:26,300 ASSOCIATION, REPORTING T 14 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:27,533 EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIV 15 00:00:27,533 --> 00:00:29,800 LEADERS IN ALL 21 COUNTIES O 16 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:39,233 THE GARDEN STATE SINCE 1954. 17 00:00:39,233 --> 00:00:44,166 ♪♪♪♪ 18 00:00:44,166 --> 00:00:46,000 >>> NEW JERSEY'S CONGRESSIONAL 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,800 DELEGATION WRESTLES WITH WHAT TO 20 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,066 DO ABOUT THE WAR IN SYRIA, 21 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:51,466 EDUCATION AND THE GOVERNOR'S 22 00:00:51,466 --> 00:00:52,833 WEIGHT WERE THIS WEEK'S TO 23 00:00:52,833 --> 00:00:54,733 MATTERS IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE 24 00:00:54,733 --> 00:00:57,333 VIOLENCE IN NEWARK AND COR 25 00:00:57,333 --> 00:00:58,833 BOOKER'S SEXUALITY DOMINATES THE 26 00:00:58,833 --> 00:00:59,966 U.S. SENATE RACE 27 00:00:59,966 --> 00:01:02,433 AND ARE THIS YEAR'S ELECTION 28 00:01:02,433 --> 00:01:03,266 BORING 29 00:01:03,266 --> 00:01:06,666 P WELCOME TO "REPORTER'S ROUND 30 00:01:06,666 --> 00:01:07,566 TABLE. 31 00:01:07,566 --> 00:01:14,900 I'M MICHAEL ARON 32 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:18,133 P MAUNEY OF NJ SPOTLIGHT.COM 33 00:01:18,133 --> 00:01:23,900 BOB JORDAN OF NEW JERSEY PRESS 34 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:29,300 RP MEDIA AND JOHN SCHOON JONG EN 35 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,466 LAST SATURDAY PRESIDENT OBAM 36 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:32,033 ABRUPTLY CHANGED DIRECTION AND 37 00:01:32,033 --> 00:01:33,466 DECIDED TO SEEK CONGRESSIONA 38 00:01:33,466 --> 00:01:35,833 APPROVAL OF A MILITARY STRIKE IN 39 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:36,166 SYRIA. 40 00:01:36,166 --> 00:01:36,233 THIS PUT 41 00:01:36,233 --> 00:01:36,500 APPROVAL OF A MILITARY STRIKE IN 42 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:36,733 SYRIA. 43 00:01:36,733 --> 00:01:38,300 ALL U.S. LAW MAKES INT 44 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:39,700 THE SAME QUANDARY AS MOS 45 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:40,000 AMERICANS. 46 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,500 DO YOU PUNISH THE ASSA 47 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:42,933 GOVERNMENT FOR ITS APPALLING USE 48 00:01:42,933 --> 00:01:44,633 OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, OR DO YOU 49 00:01:44,633 --> 00:01:44,766 OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, OR DO YOU 50 00:01:44,766 --> 00:01:44,866 FOR FEAR OF MAKING A 51 00:01:44,866 --> 00:01:46,300 HOLD BAC 52 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:47,866 BAD SITUATION WORSE? 53 00:01:47,866 --> 00:01:48,733 ALL WEEK NEW JERSE 54 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:50,333 REPRESENTATIVES WERE OFFERIN 55 00:01:50,333 --> 00:01:52,000 THEIR VIEWS ON "NJ TODAY." 56 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,366 HERE'S WHAT TWO OF THEM AND TH 57 00:01:54,366 --> 00:01:56,700 GOVERNOR HAD TO SAY ON TUESDAY 58 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:58,700 >> YES, I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS 59 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:00,400 OF COURSE, THEY'RE THE OBVIOUS 60 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,866 QUESTIONS OF WHO DID WHAT TO 61 00:02:02,866 --> 00:02:03,066 WHOM 62 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:09,600 I DON'T DOUBT THAT SARIN GAS WAS USED 63 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,833 I THINK IT IS STILL -- STILL 64 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:15,633 NEEDS TO BE DEMONSTRATED MOR 65 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:17,100 SPECIFICALLY AND THAT IT WAS 66 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:19,666 DONE BY THE ASSAD GOVERNMENT AND 67 00:02:19,666 --> 00:02:19,800 DELIBERATELY 68 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,933 IT WILL BE AMONG THE MOS 69 00:02:21,933 --> 00:02:23,300 IMPORTANT VOTES WE CAST AS 70 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:25,466 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 71 00:02:25,466 --> 00:02:29,100 AND I AM RELUCTANT TO VOTE FOR 72 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:29,666 MILITARY ACTION BY THE UNITE 73 00:02:29,666 --> 00:02:32,366 STATES BASED UPON THE FACT THA 74 00:02:32,366 --> 00:02:35,466 THIS IS A CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA 75 00:02:35,466 --> 00:02:38,066 >> AND CERTAINLY THE USE O 76 00:02:38,066 --> 00:02:39,700 CHEMICAL WEAPONS IS SOMETHIN 77 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:41,966 THAT JUST IS INTOLERABLE FOR 78 00:02:41,966 --> 00:02:43,300 CIVILIZED SOCIETY. 79 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:46,233 AND SO I EMPATHIZE WITH THOS 80 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:48,800 FOLKS WHO HAVE RELATIVES BACK IN 81 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:48,966 SYRIA. 82 00:02:48,966 --> 00:02:51,100 BUT I'M GOING TO LET THE POLIC 83 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:52,633 MAKING BE DONE BY THE PEOPLE WHO 84 00:02:52,633 --> 00:02:54,233 ARE GETTING THE BULK OF TH 85 00:02:54,233 --> 00:02:55,066 BRIEFING ON THIS 86 00:02:55,066 --> 00:02:58,200 >> SO WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE 87 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:58,366 SENTIMENT IN THE NEW JERSE 88 00:02:58,366 --> 00:03:00,866 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION JOHN? 89 00:03:00,866 --> 00:03:01,933 >> IT'S MIXED. 90 00:03:01,933 --> 00:03:03,433 AND I THINK THAT THAT REPRESENTS 91 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:05,300 SOME OF THE PROBLEM THAT BARAC 92 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,700 OBAMA IS GOING TO HAVE MOVIN 93 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:10,333 FORWARD WITH THIS DEBATE 94 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:12,366 YOU'VE GOT SOME HARD-COR 95 00:03:12,366 --> 00:03:13,766 CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS SUCH AS 96 00:03:13,766 --> 00:03:15,200 SCOTT GARRETT SAYING THEY'RE NOT 97 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,700 GOING TO VOTE FOR IT 98 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,333 LEONARD LANCE AS WE JUST HEARD 99 00:03:18,333 --> 00:03:23,000 KIND OF HEMMING AND HAWING A 100 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:23,466 BIT. 101 00:03:23,466 --> 00:03:24,833 AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT'S MOS 102 00:03:24,833 --> 00:03:28,333 ARDENT SUPPORTERS, PEOPLE LIKE 103 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:30,633 RUSH HOLT AND BILL PASCREL 104 00:03:30,633 --> 00:03:31,533 STILL SAYING THEY NEED MOR 105 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:33,433 INFORMATION AND THEY NEED TO 106 00:03:33,433 --> 00:03:35,533 KNOW MORE. 107 00:03:35,533 --> 00:03:37,866 I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN NATIONA 108 00:03:37,866 --> 00:03:40,033 POLITICS OR THE INNER WORKINGS 109 00:03:40,033 --> 00:03:41,633 OF CONGRESS, BUT IT STILL DOES 110 00:03:41,633 --> 00:03:42,500 SEEM TO ME THAT THE PRESIDEN 111 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:43,900 HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO BEFORE 112 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:44,666 THIS THING'S GOING TO GE 113 00:03:44,666 --> 00:03:45,000 THROUGH. 114 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,333 >> I AGREE 115 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:47,900 AND OTHER THAN BOB MENENDEZ WH 116 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:49,900 WAS SORT OF LEADING THE CHARGE 117 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:51,333 FOR THE PRESIDENT, MOST OF WHA 118 00:03:51,333 --> 00:03:54,333 I HEARD WAS FAIRLY DOVISH COMING 119 00:03:54,333 --> 00:03:55,066 OUT OF NEW JERSEY. 120 00:03:55,066 --> 00:03:57,433 JOHN MAUNEY, WHAT DID YOU HEAR 121 00:03:57,433 --> 00:03:58,100 THIS WEEK? 122 00:03:58,100 --> 00:03:59,100 >> I TOTALLY AGREE 123 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,400 THIS IS A TOUGH CALL 124 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,033 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT 125 00:04:03,033 --> 00:04:05,433 WAS BOB MENENDEZ ON THIS 126 00:04:05,433 --> 00:04:06,733 HE'S COME A LONG WAY FROM WHER 127 00:04:06,733 --> 00:04:07,566 HE WAS A YEAR AGO. 128 00:04:07,566 --> 00:04:09,100 >> HE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE 129 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,100 TRAPPED IN THIS. 130 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,200 BECAUSE BEFORE THE PRESIDENT 131 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,400 KICKED IT OVER TO CONGRESS AND 132 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,900 IT WAS JUST THE PRESIDENT DOIN 133 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:17,633 IT AS THE CHAIRMAN OF TH 134 00:04:17,633 --> 00:04:19,666 COMMITTEE MENENDEZ WAS ON RECORD 135 00:04:19,666 --> 00:04:21,500 AS AGREEING WITH IT. 136 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:22,700 THEN IT GOT KICK OVER TO 137 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:24,933 CONGRESS AND HIS COMMITTEE, AN 138 00:04:24,933 --> 00:04:26,766 HE COULDN'T -- I MEAN, MAYBE 139 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:28,466 HE'S HEART-FELT IN HIS BELIEF AS 140 00:04:28,466 --> 00:04:28,700 WELL 141 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:31,333 BUT IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED CRAZY 142 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:32,533 IF HE DIDN'T LEAD THE CHARGE 143 00:04:32,533 --> 00:04:34,533 >> HE BACKED OFF AT THAT POINT 144 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:34,866 YEAH 145 00:04:34,866 --> 00:04:36,433 >> AND MY THOUGHT WAS JUST GIVEN 146 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:39,166 WHERE HE WAS A YEAR AGO WITH THE 147 00:04:39,166 --> 00:04:41,433 SCANDALS, HE'S NOW SORT OF THE 148 00:04:41,433 --> 00:04:42,833 STATESMAN UP THERE LEADING THE 149 00:04:42,833 --> 00:04:43,333 CHARGE ON THIS 150 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:44,533 >> SOMEBODY DID A GOOD PIECE 151 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:45,433 THIS WEEK. 152 00:04:45,433 --> 00:04:47,966 I THINK IT WAS IN THE LEDGER, 153 00:04:47,966 --> 00:04:50,133 BELIEVE, THAT JUST A FEW MONTH 154 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:51,333 AGO HOW FAR HE'S COME. 155 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:52,366 >> HOW FAR HE'S COME 156 00:04:52,366 --> 00:04:53,966 >> WHAT DID YOU SEE AMONG NE 157 00:04:53,966 --> 00:04:56,700 JERSEY OFFICIALS THIS WEEK 158 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,500 >> WELL, BY AND LARGE, PEOPL 159 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:00,933 ARE ON THE FENCE 160 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:03,766 AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE O 161 00:05:03,766 --> 00:05:06,400 COURSE CAN STAY ON THE FENCE 162 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:12,166 BECAUSE THIS FULL SENATE HAS T 163 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:14,300 APPROVE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO THE 164 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:14,433 HOUSE. 165 00:05:14,433 --> 00:05:16,933 IF IT GETS DEFEATED IN THE 166 00:05:16,933 --> 00:05:17,666 SENATE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE T 167 00:05:17,666 --> 00:05:17,966 COMMIT 168 00:05:17,966 --> 00:05:19,500 >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT 169 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:22,566 >> AND IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR TH 170 00:05:22,566 --> 00:05:22,900 PUBLIC 171 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:23,733 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY HAD A POLL 172 00:05:23,733 --> 00:05:25,166 THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK. 173 00:05:25,166 --> 00:05:29,266 IT SAID 76% OF THE PEOPLE 174 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:30,900 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERM WAS 175 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,366 DISAPPROVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN 176 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:32,633 CONGRESS 177 00:05:32,633 --> 00:05:34,433 AND THIS ADDS TO IT. 178 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:35,233 >> DISAPPROVE ON SYRIA OR IN 179 00:05:35,233 --> 00:05:35,533 GENERAL? 180 00:05:35,533 --> 00:05:36,866 >> IN GENERAL. 181 00:05:36,866 --> 00:05:39,066 THIS WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE SYRI 182 00:05:39,066 --> 00:05:39,333 ISSUE. 183 00:05:39,333 --> 00:05:43,600 AND WE SEE THIS CONSTANTLY 184 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,100 SYRIA, THE DEBT CEILING, ON AN 185 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:47,133 ON AND ON. 186 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:49,000 AND NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE 187 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:49,100 FRUSTRATED 188 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:53,200 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE SO 189 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,700 TIED TO THEIR IDEOLOGICA 190 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:55,966 BELIEFS. 191 00:05:55,966 --> 00:05:59,066 RICK SANTORUM A FORMER MEMBER OF 192 00:05:59,066 --> 00:06:00,700 THE SENATE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AG 193 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:02,566 WAS ADVOCATING INTERVENTION IN 194 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:02,900 SYRIA. 195 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,366 NOW HE'S VERY STRONGLY 196 00:06:05,366 --> 00:06:06,133 CAMPAIGNING, URGING OTHE 197 00:06:06,133 --> 00:06:08,200 MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT SENAT 198 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:09,033 THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO IN. 199 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:10,400 >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOS 200 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,433 CONSERVATIVE AND THE MOS 201 00:06:12,433 --> 00:06:14,900 LIBERAL HAVE JOINED FORCES O 202 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:15,300 THIS 203 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:16,400 WHAT DO YOU SEE? 204 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,166 AND ALSO LET'S BRING THE 205 00:06:19,166 --> 00:06:20,033 GOVERNOR'S COMMENT INTO THIS 206 00:06:20,033 --> 00:06:21,900 WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT HE 207 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:23,533 DIDN'T REALLY WEIGH IN 208 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:25,266 >> NO. 209 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:26,666 NOT AT ALL 210 00:06:26,666 --> 00:06:27,700 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T NEED TO 211 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:29,133 HE DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO GET 212 00:06:29,133 --> 00:06:30,466 PINNED DOWN ON THIS. 213 00:06:30,466 --> 00:06:31,600 AS HE SAID LET'S LEAVE IT TO THE 214 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:32,666 PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THE 215 00:06:32,666 --> 00:06:34,466 BRIEFINGS AND HAVE TO MAKE THI 216 00:06:34,466 --> 00:06:34,566 DECISION 217 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:36,300 A BIT OF A PUNT. 218 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:36,900 THERE'S NO QUESTION. 219 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:37,933 >> BUT AN APPROPRIATE PUNT 220 00:06:37,933 --> 00:06:39,566 >> I WOULD SAY APPROPRIATE I 221 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:40,900 THAT IF YOU FOLLOW THIS GOVERNOR 222 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,666 YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T WEIGH IN A 223 00:06:42,666 --> 00:06:44,533 LOT WHEN -- ON THINGS LIKE THIS. 224 00:06:44,533 --> 00:06:45,966 HE'LL USE THAT AS THE -- LET'S 225 00:06:45,966 --> 00:06:47,633 LET THE EXPERTS DO THIS. 226 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:49,433 >> HE WEIGHS IN WHEN HE WANTS TO 227 00:06:49,433 --> 00:06:49,766 WAY IN 228 00:06:49,766 --> 00:06:51,200 >> WELL, TRUE. 229 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,233 WHEN IT BENEFITS HIM 230 00:06:52,233 --> 00:06:55,300 BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, CORY 231 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:56,700 BOOKER YESTERDAY SAID A SIMILA 232 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:56,800 THING. 233 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,266 THEY'RE NOT IN THESE BRIEFINGS 234 00:06:58,266 --> 00:07:00,400 THESE TOP SECRET BRIEFINGS 235 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,900 SO TO SOME EXTENT YOU'RE 236 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:02,933 SHOOTING OFF YOUR MOUTH IF YOU 237 00:07:02,933 --> 00:07:04,233 HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR ALL THE 238 00:07:04,233 --> 00:07:04,433 BRIEFINGS. 239 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:06,100 I THINK YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN 240 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:07,400 A TRAP WHERE YOU SAY SOMETHING 241 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,766 AND GO ON RECORD WITH SOMETHIN 242 00:07:08,766 --> 00:07:10,266 WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO AND THE 243 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:11,300 TURN OUT TO BE DEAD WRONG AN 244 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:12,633 GOT TO PAY FOR THAT COMMENT. 245 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:14,566 I THINK THEY ALL ARE VERY WARY 246 00:07:14,566 --> 00:07:16,500 ABOUT JUMPING IN 247 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:18,266 >> IT WILL BE INTERESTING HO 248 00:07:18,266 --> 00:07:20,500 JEFF CHIESA VOTES THAT 249 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:21,700 MIGHT SIGNAL WHERE OUR GOVERNO 250 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:24,200 REALLY IS LANDING ON THIS. 251 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,266 >> CHIESA HASN'T SIGNALED HOW HE 252 00:07:26,266 --> 00:07:26,900 FEELS ABOUT IT 253 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:27,566 I AGREE. 254 00:07:27,566 --> 00:07:28,766 THAT WILL BE INTERESTING 255 00:07:28,766 --> 00:07:35,300 I THINK I HEARD ALBIO SERIES 256 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:37,466 SOUNDING MORE SUPPORTIVE THA 257 00:07:37,466 --> 00:07:40,066 OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES ON THE 258 00:07:40,066 --> 00:07:41,500 MANY INTERVIEWS MY COLLEAGUE 259 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:44,233 MIKE SCHNEIDER AND I DID ON TH 260 00:07:44,233 --> 00:07:44,633 NEWSCAST 261 00:07:44,633 --> 00:07:45,800 SO QUICK PREDICTION. 262 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,266 IS THIS GOING TO PASS CONGRESS 263 00:07:47,266 --> 00:07:47,833 OR NOT 264 00:07:47,833 --> 00:07:48,866 >> I THINK IT WILL 265 00:07:48,866 --> 00:07:49,866 >> YOU DO? 266 00:07:49,866 --> 00:07:50,200 >> YES 267 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,466 I THINK IT WILL END UP PASSING 268 00:07:51,466 --> 00:07:51,966 >> DO YOU? 269 00:07:51,966 --> 00:07:52,966 >> I THINK IT WILL 270 00:07:52,966 --> 00:07:54,033 >> YOU DO? 271 00:07:54,033 --> 00:07:55,766 >> YEAH, IT WILL BE NARROW BUT I 272 00:07:55,766 --> 00:07:56,266 THINK IT WILL. 273 00:07:56,266 --> 00:07:58,066 >> I'M NOT SURE IT WILL. 274 00:07:58,066 --> 00:07:59,066 BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO THE THING 275 00:07:59,066 --> 00:08:00,700 WE KNOW ABOUT A LITTLE BIT 276 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:01,566 BETTER 277 00:08:01,566 --> 00:08:03,766 LIKE THE GOVERNOR'S RACE 278 00:08:03,766 --> 00:08:09,900 EDUCATION BECAME THE TOPIC O 279 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:10,433 THE WEEK THIS WEEK WHEN BARBAR 280 00:08:10,433 --> 00:08:11,066 BUONO LAID OUT A FAIRL 281 00:08:11,066 --> 00:08:12,000 COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIO 282 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:12,233 PLATFORM 283 00:08:12,233 --> 00:08:14,933 SHE WANTS TO FULLY FUND TH 284 00:08:14,933 --> 00:08:16,800 SCHOOL FORMULA, WHICH HAS ONLY 285 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,433 HAPPENED ONCE IN RECENT YEARS. 286 00:08:18,433 --> 00:08:21,433 SHE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOWARDS 287 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:22,433 UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN 288 00:08:22,433 --> 00:08:26,166 WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW ONLY IN THE 289 00:08:26,166 --> 00:08:27,533 FORMER ABBOTT DISTRICTS. 290 00:08:27,533 --> 00:08:29,033 SHE WANTS A WHOLE LOT MORE 291 00:08:29,033 --> 00:08:30,766 TUITION AID IN THE AREA OF 292 00:08:30,766 --> 00:08:32,866 HIGHER EDUCATION 293 00:08:32,866 --> 00:08:33,766 GOVERNOR CHRISTIE BLASTED HE 294 00:08:33,766 --> 00:08:34,500 PLAN THIS WEEK 295 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:36,266 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT 296 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:38,133 WE ASKED FOR A RESPONSE TO 297 00:08:38,133 --> 00:08:39,500 CHRISTIE FROM BUONO. 298 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:41,166 IT DIDN'T DIRECTLY CORRELATE 299 00:08:41,166 --> 00:08:42,833 IT GOT A LITTLE LOST IN TH 300 00:08:42,833 --> 00:08:42,966 TRANSLATION. 301 00:08:42,966 --> 00:08:44,600 BUT WE'LL HEAR THAT AS WELL. 302 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,100 LET'S HEAR IT. 303 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,066 >> SENATOR BUONO'S PROPOSAL WA 304 00:08:51,066 --> 00:08:52,866 SHORT ON ONE MAIN AREA, WHICH IS 305 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:56,266 HOW IS SHE GOING TO PAY FOR IT 306 00:08:56,266 --> 00:08:57,500 THE BUDGET SHE PUT OUT YESTERDAY 307 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,733 AT A MINIMUM, NOT COUNTING THE 308 00:08:59,733 --> 00:09:01,833 HIGHER ED PIECE SHE WA 309 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:03,233 COMPLETELY VAGUE ABOUT, IS $ 310 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:03,733 BILLION. 311 00:09:03,733 --> 00:09:05,866 THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX BY THEIR 312 00:09:05,866 --> 00:09:07,733 ESTIMATE RAISES $650 MILLION 313 00:09:07,733 --> 00:09:09,000 AND SHE PUT FORWARD A $3 BILLION 314 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:09,466 PROGRAM. 315 00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:11,933 >> THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES ARE 316 00:09:11,933 --> 00:09:14,033 TO PROTECT MILLIONAIRES AT THE 317 00:09:14,033 --> 00:09:16,200 EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE 318 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,266 AND IT'S CLEAR THAT MY BUDGE 319 00:09:18,266 --> 00:09:20,033 PRIORITIES ARE NOT GOING TO DO 320 00:09:20,033 --> 00:09:20,933 THAT 321 00:09:20,933 --> 00:09:23,000 WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT TH 322 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,566 TAX CREDIT THAT ARE BEING DOLE 323 00:09:24,566 --> 00:09:25,933 OUT TO CORPORATIONS TO THE TUN 324 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:28,466 OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT 325 00:09:28,466 --> 00:09:29,400 THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILIT 326 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,033 THERE WHICH THERE HASN'T BEEN. 327 00:09:32,033 --> 00:09:33,366 AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THERE'S S 328 00:09:33,366 --> 00:09:35,333 MUCH WASTE IN THIS BUDGET. 329 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:36,833 I CERTAINLY WILL -- I'LL COMMI 330 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:38,866 TO YU THAT I WON'T WASTE UNTOL 331 00:09:38,866 --> 00:09:40,133 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON DECIDIN 332 00:09:40,133 --> 00:09:42,733 TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION JUS 333 00:09:42,733 --> 00:09:44,266 TO ADVANTAGE MY OWN POLITICA 334 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:45,133 SELF-INTERESTS 335 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:47,200 >> JOHN, EDUCATION IS YOUR 336 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:47,566 SPECIALTY. 337 00:09:47,566 --> 00:09:50,266 WHAT DID YOU THINK OF BUONO' 338 00:09:50,266 --> 00:09:50,400 PLATFORM 339 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,900 AND IT'S REALLY MORE A PLATFOR 340 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,166 THAN A PLAN. 341 00:09:53,166 --> 00:09:53,766 >> YEAH. 342 00:09:53,766 --> 00:09:55,633 IT WAS PRETTY PREDICTABLE. 343 00:09:55,633 --> 00:09:58,300 THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE 344 00:09:58,300 --> 00:09:59,500 DEMOCRATS AND SOME OF TH 345 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:00,700 ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN CALLING FO 346 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:02,033 ESPECIALLY AROUND FUNDING OF 347 00:10:02,033 --> 00:10:04,133 SCHOOLS, THE FULL FUNDING OF THE 348 00:10:04,133 --> 00:10:05,633 FORMULA, WHICH AS YOU SAID HAS 349 00:10:05,633 --> 00:10:07,933 REALLY ONLY HAPPENED THE VER 350 00:10:07,933 --> 00:10:09,666 FIRSTEE OF THE FORMULA, EVENLY 351 00:10:09,666 --> 00:10:11,633 CORZINE HAD TO PULL BACK FRO 352 00:10:11,633 --> 00:10:11,766 THAT 353 00:10:11,766 --> 00:10:15,666 SO THAT WAS -- THAT'S A STRONG 354 00:10:15,666 --> 00:10:17,133 ONE WITH HER CONSTITUENCY. 355 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:19,833 PRESCHOOL AND FULL-DAY 356 00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:21,100 KINDERGARTEN ALSO FAIRLY EASY TO 357 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:21,633 BE FOR 358 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:23,066 I THINK SORT OF MOM AND APPL 359 00:10:23,066 --> 00:10:24,466 PIE ON THOSE ISSUES. 360 00:10:24,466 --> 00:10:28,500 A LOT TOUGHER TO HAPPEN, EVE 361 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:29,300 ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN IN NE 362 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:30,733 JERSEY DOESN'T HAVE ALL-DA 363 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:31,633 KINDERGARTEN AS A MANDATE. 364 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:35,300 >> IT EXISTS IN PROBABLY 95% O 365 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:35,733 SCHOOLS. 366 00:10:35,733 --> 00:10:36,000 NO 367 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,300 >> WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT -- THE 368 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:39,566 LOGISTICS OF IT ISN'T EVEN JUS 369 00:10:39,566 --> 00:10:40,033 ABOUT MONEY. 370 00:10:40,033 --> 00:10:41,200 IT'S ABOUT HAVING THE SPACE TO 371 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,633 DO IT AND THE LIKES. 372 00:10:44,633 --> 00:10:46,866 SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT AR 373 00:10:46,866 --> 00:10:48,166 CERTAINLY OF VALUE, BUT TH 374 00:10:48,166 --> 00:10:49,366 GOVERNOR'S RIGHT IN POUNCING O 375 00:10:49,366 --> 00:10:51,966 HER NOT COMING UP WITH THE MONEY 376 00:10:51,966 --> 00:10:52,566 FOR IT 377 00:10:52,566 --> 00:10:54,200 AND HER COMEBACK ON THAT TO ME 378 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,633 WAS LARGELY, I'M NOT TALKING 379 00:10:55,633 --> 00:10:57,700 ABOUT IT HAPPENING RIGHT AWAY. 380 00:10:57,700 --> 00:10:59,533 IT WOULD GET PHASED IN OVE 381 00:10:59,533 --> 00:10:59,666 YEARS. 382 00:10:59,666 --> 00:11:00,733 I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS SORT O 383 00:11:00,733 --> 00:11:02,566 BEEN THE INTENTION 384 00:11:02,566 --> 00:11:04,600 BUT I THINK IT WOULD HAV 385 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,033 BEHOOFED HER TO HAVE A BIT MOR 386 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:07,200 SPECIFICS THAN JUST TH 387 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:07,566 MILLIONAIRE TAX. 388 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:09,566 >> ANY OTHER REACTIONS TO THIS 389 00:11:09,566 --> 00:11:10,500 DIALOGUE THIS WEEK 390 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,100 >> IT'S FUNNY THE MILLIONAIRE' 391 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:12,233 TAX. 392 00:11:12,233 --> 00:11:13,966 THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CATCH ALL 393 00:11:13,966 --> 00:11:15,700 WE'LL PAY FOR IT WITH TH 394 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:16,466 MILLIONAIRE'S TAX. 395 00:11:16,466 --> 00:11:17,833 >> THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS. 396 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:18,700 >> RIGHT 397 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:19,900 BUT I'VE HEARD THAT IN OTHER 398 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:21,066 PROGRAMS, TOO, THE MILLIONAIRE'S 399 00:11:21,066 --> 00:11:22,666 TAX WILL PAY FOR IT. 400 00:11:22,666 --> 00:11:24,000 THERE'S ONLY $650 MILLION. 401 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,200 I SAY ONLY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. 402 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,266 ONLY $650 MILLION BY THE STHAMTS 403 00:11:29,266 --> 00:11:30,700 HAVE COME OUT ABOUT IT 404 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:31,633 THAT DOESN'T PAY FOR THIS. 405 00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:33,000 YOU HEAR THAT AS THE CATCH ALL 406 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,066 FUNDING MECHANISM FOR SOME O 407 00:11:34,066 --> 00:11:34,566 THESE PROGRAMS 408 00:11:34,566 --> 00:11:37,033 SO THE GOVERNOR WAS SAYING THI 409 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:38,866 WEEK THAT IF SHE WERE REALLY T 410 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:40,333 PAY FOR THIS PLAN SHE'D HAVE T 411 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,300 RAISE THE INCOME TAX NEARLY 30 412 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:46,300 TO GET ANOTHER $3 BILLION OUT OF 413 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:47,800 THE INCOME TAX 414 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,766 >> HIS ESTIMATE'S A LITTLE HIGH. 415 00:11:49,766 --> 00:11:52,200 LET'S NOT GO ALONE ON THAT $ 416 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:52,400 BILLION. 417 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,766 I THINK IT DEPEND HOW YOU DO THE 418 00:11:54,766 --> 00:11:54,900 MATH 419 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:56,466 BUT CERTAINLY IT IS MORE THA 420 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:57,433 THAT 600 MILLION OF THE INCOME 421 00:11:57,433 --> 00:11:57,700 TAX. 422 00:11:57,700 --> 00:11:59,300 >> I READ 1 BILLION. 423 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:00,700 THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERIN 424 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:01,166 ABOUT. 425 00:12:01,166 --> 00:12:03,233 >> THE FORMULA ALONE IS ABOUT 426 00:12:03,233 --> 00:12:03,400 BILLION. 427 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,933 THEN YOU START MIXING IN SOME OF 428 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:05,866 THESE OTHER THINGS BUT THE 429 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:07,066 WOULDN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY 430 00:12:07,066 --> 00:12:09,533 >> HIS POINT IS, HOLD ONTO YOU 431 00:12:09,533 --> 00:12:10,533 WALLETS, PEOPLE. 432 00:12:10,533 --> 00:12:13,033 IF SHE GETS IN SHE'D RAISE THE 433 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:14,666 INCOME TAXES ON EVERYONE, SHE' 434 00:12:14,666 --> 00:12:15,533 HAVE TO. 435 00:12:15,533 --> 00:12:17,000 AND I THINK HER RESPONSE IS, 436 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,766 HEY, WHEN I WAS SENATE BUDGE 437 00:12:20,766 --> 00:12:23,766 CHAIRMAN WE DID A GOOD JOB O 438 00:12:23,766 --> 00:12:25,133 PRIORITIZING ALL THIS STUFF. 439 00:12:25,133 --> 00:12:25,700 TRUST ME 440 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:26,733 ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS 441 00:12:26,733 --> 00:12:27,200 DIALOGUE 442 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,400 >> FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT DARY 443 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,900 SAID ABOUT THE MILLIONAIRE'S 444 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:32,533 TAXES, THE OTHER THING THA 445 00:12:32,533 --> 00:12:34,600 BUONO THREW IN THERE WAS A 446 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:35,566 SPECIAL ELECTION 447 00:12:35,566 --> 00:12:36,566 OH, IT'S A SPECIAL ELECTION 12 448 00:12:36,566 --> 00:12:36,933 MILLION? 449 00:12:36,933 --> 00:12:38,433 >> 12 MILLION. 450 00:12:38,433 --> 00:12:41,033 >> AND FRANKLY IT'S NOT EVEN 451 00:12:41,033 --> 00:12:41,700 REALLY IN THE BUDGET 452 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:43,200 THE BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED DID 453 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,433 NOT INCLUDE $12 MILLION FOR TH 454 00:12:44,433 --> 00:12:44,866 SPECIAL ELECTION 455 00:12:44,866 --> 00:12:46,200 THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF 456 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,266 SOME POT OF MONEY WITHIN THE 457 00:12:48,266 --> 00:12:50,100 STATE -- WITHIN THE TH 458 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,366 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 459 00:12:51,366 --> 00:12:54,866 SO 12 MILLION, 1 BILLION, YOU'RE 460 00:12:54,866 --> 00:12:55,700 LOOKING AT A LARGE - 461 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:56,733 >> YOU'RE SAYING SHE DOESN'T 462 00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:58,066 HAVE A WINNING HAND HERE 463 00:12:58,066 --> 00:13:00,566 >> I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT -- 464 00:13:00,566 --> 00:13:02,900 WHEN YOU MAKE ARGUMENTS LIKE 465 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:04,400 THAT, YOU'RE TRYING TO SCORE 466 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,766 POLITICAL POINTS RATHER THAN 467 00:13:05,766 --> 00:13:08,066 REALLY TRYING TO SAY, THIS I 468 00:13:08,066 --> 00:13:11,500 HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THI 469 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,200 PROBLEM. 470 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,133 AND THAT -- WELL, I'M NOT SURE 471 00:13:15,133 --> 00:13:16,566 VOTERS ARE GOING TO BUY INTO 472 00:13:16,566 --> 00:13:17,000 THAT 473 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,333 >> GO AHEAD. 474 00:13:19,333 --> 00:13:20,733 >> I JUST WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED 475 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,800 SHE DIDN'T HAVE MORE SPECIFICS 476 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,200 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 477 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:25,700 SHE HAD TO BE READY FOR THAT 478 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:25,866 QUESTION 479 00:13:25,866 --> 00:13:27,300 IT WAS THE FIRST THING EVERY 480 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:28,333 REPORTER HAD ON THEIR MIND WHE 481 00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:29,000 SHE SAID IT. 482 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,566 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT. 483 00:13:30,566 --> 00:13:33,033 COMING BACK WITH A LIMITED - 484 00:13:33,033 --> 00:13:34,700 VERY LIMITED ANSWER, I ACTUALL 485 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:36,800 WAS SURPRISED BY THAT. 486 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,266 >> WHEN THE GOVERNOR SAYS OU 487 00:13:39,266 --> 00:13:41,500 BUDGET THIS YEAR PUTS MORE MONEY 488 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,466 INTO EDUCATION THAN ANY BUDGET 489 00:13:43,466 --> 00:13:45,933 IN HISTORY, STATE MONEY, H 490 00:13:45,933 --> 00:13:46,833 SAYS, IS THAT ACCURATE 491 00:13:46,833 --> 00:13:47,833 >> FINALLY, YEAH 492 00:13:47,833 --> 00:13:49,466 BUT I THINK HE SAID THAT LAS 493 00:13:49,466 --> 00:13:50,666 YEAR, TOO, AND IT WASN'T 494 00:13:50,666 --> 00:13:51,233 ACCURATE LAST YEAR 495 00:13:51,233 --> 00:13:54,966 I THINK WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT 496 00:13:54,966 --> 00:13:56,433 WHERE THEY'RE PAYING ABOUT WHA 497 00:13:56,433 --> 00:13:58,500 CORZINE PAID IN HIS LAST YEAR. 498 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,533 THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN IS 499 00:14:00,533 --> 00:14:01,766 THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL STIMULU 500 00:14:01,766 --> 00:14:02,800 MONEY WHICH SORT OF SKEWED THE 501 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:03,200 NUMBERS. 502 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,266 >> SHE'S BASICALLY STAKED OUT 503 00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:06,300 POSITION WHERE SHE'S SAYING 504 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:08,000 WANT TO SPEND MORE ON EDUCATIO 505 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,566 AND STATE COLLEGES AND 506 00:14:09,566 --> 00:14:11,333 UNIVERSITIES, AND HE'S SAYING WE 507 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:12,166 DON'T HAVE THE MONEY 508 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:13,133 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE 509 00:14:13,133 --> 00:14:14,433 WANT TO HEAR 510 00:14:14,433 --> 00:14:17,166 MORE SPENDING ON THIS VERY 511 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:18,466 IMPORTANT MATTER, OR MORE FISCAL 512 00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:19,033 DISCIPLINE 513 00:14:19,033 --> 00:14:21,600 >> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO -- 514 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,966 THE ARGUMENT'S GOING TO CONVINCE 515 00:14:22,966 --> 00:14:24,033 A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THERE 516 00:14:24,033 --> 00:14:25,533 SHOULD BE MORE SPENDING, BECAUSE 517 00:14:25,533 --> 00:14:26,933 THE EDUCATION ADVOCATES POIN 518 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:29,100 OUT THAT CHRISTIE'S FIRST YEAR 519 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:30,733 IN OFFICE THERE WAS A BIG CUT. 520 00:14:30,733 --> 00:14:33,166 I GUESS CLOSE TO $1 BILLION. 521 00:14:33,166 --> 00:14:34,566 AND EVEN THOUGH THAT MONEY'S 522 00:14:34,566 --> 00:14:37,033 BEEN RESTORED, THERE'S STILL 523 00:14:37,033 --> 00:14:38,700 SOME PAIN AND HOLES FROM WHA 524 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:41,300 HAPPENED TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. 525 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:43,200 SO I THINK THE PUBLIC MIGHT BE 526 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,100 IN THE MOOD TO STEP UP SPENDING. 527 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:48,433 >> ONE THING THAT I FOUN 528 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:49,433 INTERESTING WAS WHEN THE 529 00:14:49,433 --> 00:14:55,633 GOVERNOR WAS PRESSED ABOUT THIS, 530 00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:57,333 MATT CASS OF THE INQUIRER SAID 531 00:14:57,333 --> 00:15:01,133 YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CALLE 532 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:02,966 UNIVERSAL PRE-K GLORIFIE 533 00:15:02,966 --> 00:15:03,033 BABYSITTING. 534 00:15:03,033 --> 00:15:04,233 DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY 535 00:15:04,233 --> 00:15:06,266 HE SAID, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO 536 00:15:06,266 --> 00:15:07,133 ADDRESS THAT TODAY BECAUSE WHA 537 00:15:07,133 --> 00:15:10,033 SHE'S PROPOSING WE CAN'T PAY 538 00:15:10,033 --> 00:15:10,166 FOR. 539 00:15:10,166 --> 00:15:12,400 I JUST THOUGHT IT WA 540 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:13,166 INTERESTING THAT HE WOULDN'T 541 00:15:13,166 --> 00:15:14,700 EITHER WALK AWAY FROM THAT 542 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:15,966 COMMENT OR DEFEND THE COMMENT. 543 00:15:15,966 --> 00:15:16,433 >> YEAH. 544 00:15:16,433 --> 00:15:18,166 HE HASN'T BEEN HORRIBLE ON 545 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:18,300 PRESCHOOL. 546 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:19,600 IN TERMS OF FUNDING IT 547 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,000 I MEAN, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE AREA 548 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:23,333 THAT HE'S IN PART BECAUSE TH 549 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:24,433 COURTS ORDERED IT. 550 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:26,000 BUT THE ONE AREA WHERE HE' 551 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,466 CONTINUED TO AT LEAST KEEP THE 552 00:15:27,466 --> 00:15:28,800 FUNDING STABLE IF NOT INCREASE 553 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:29,133 IT 554 00:15:29,133 --> 00:15:31,400 >> COURT ORDERED IT IN THE 555 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,700 FORMER ABBOTT DISTRICT 556 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:34,366 >> THE FORMER ABBOTT DISTRICT. 557 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:36,266 >> THE OTHER MATTER THAT CAME UP 558 00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:37,766 THIS WEEK IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE 559 00:15:37,766 --> 00:15:39,666 WAS THIS BACK AND FORTH ABOU 560 00:15:39,666 --> 00:15:41,100 CHRISTIE'S WEIGHT. 561 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:42,166 BUONO MADE SOME REMARKS THAT 562 00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:46,633 FOUND THEIR WAY ONTO YOUTUBE O 563 00:15:46,633 --> 00:15:49,900 WHERE BUONO WEB AD OR BOTH 564 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:53,133 THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT 565 00:15:53,133 --> 00:15:55,300 THEM, ANGELA DELLI SANTI ASKED 566 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:56,566 THE GOVERNOR ON TUESDAY IF H 567 00:15:56,566 --> 00:15:57,766 HAD SEEN HER COMMENTS, WHETHER 568 00:15:57,766 --> 00:16:01,633 HE WAS OFFENDED BY THEM, SINCE 569 00:16:01,633 --> 00:16:03,366 SOME PEOPLE INTERPRETED THEM A 570 00:16:03,366 --> 00:16:04,766 HAVING TO DO WITH HIS WEIGHT 571 00:16:04,766 --> 00:16:06,466 LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THI 572 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:07,000 BYPLAY 573 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,200 >> EVERY DECISION HE MAKES I 574 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,666 GUIDED BY HOW IT WILL PLAY O 575 00:16:12,666 --> 00:16:14,700 THE NATIONAL SCENE WITH TH 576 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:15,633 CONSERVATIVE BASE OF THE 577 00:16:15,633 --> 00:16:16,333 REPUBLICAN PARTY 578 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:17,933 WHETHER YOU'RE SPENDING UNTOLD 579 00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:20,700 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A SPECIAL 580 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,000 ELECTION, A SPECIAL SENATE 581 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,600 ELECTION, THAT WILL ONLY SERVE 582 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,000 YOUR OWN INTERESTS AND WIL 583 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,266 CONFUSE THE VOTERS AND DEPRESS 584 00:16:27,266 --> 00:16:29,000 THE VOTE, OR WHETHER SPENDING 585 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,666 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ON AN 586 00:16:31,666 --> 00:16:34,166 AD CAMPAIGN THAT FEATURES YOU AT 587 00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:35,366 THE JERSEY SHORE 588 00:16:35,366 --> 00:16:37,033 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BU 589 00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:38,033 SEEING CHRIS CHRISTIE FROLICKING 590 00:16:38,033 --> 00:16:40,033 ON THE BEACH IS NOT GOING TO 591 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:42,200 DRIVE ME TO GO TO THE SHORE. 592 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,666 >> SENATOR BUONO WAS GETTING A 593 00:16:43,666 --> 00:16:46,566 GOOD LAUGH IN A BACKYARD WIT 594 00:16:46,566 --> 00:16:48,200 THE FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC 595 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:48,466 WOMEN. 596 00:16:48,466 --> 00:16:49,933 A LITTLE WINK WINK NOD NOD 597 00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:51,400 NONE OF US WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO 598 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,433 COME TO THE BEACH WITH GOVERNO 599 00:16:52,433 --> 00:16:54,066 CHRISTIE FROLICKING THERE, WOULD 600 00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:54,333 WE 601 00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:55,600 LIKE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHA 602 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:56,266 THAT MEAN THE. 603 00:16:56,266 --> 00:16:58,366 WE KNOW WHAT THEY MEANT. 604 00:16:58,366 --> 00:17:00,000 SO I SAY THE SAME THING TO 605 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,900 SENATOR BUONO I SAID TO GOVERNOR 606 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:03,266 CORZINE FOUR YEARS AGO 607 00:17:03,266 --> 00:17:06,266 YOU WANT TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF M 608 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:07,033 PHYSICAL APPEARANCE? 609 00:17:07,033 --> 00:17:08,333 THEN HAVE SOME GUTS, STAND U 610 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:08,833 AND SAY IT 611 00:17:08,833 --> 00:17:11,300 >> WAS SHE MAKING FUN OF HIS 612 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:12,366 WEIGHT, OR DOES HE PROTEST TOO 613 00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:15,133 MUCH AND MAKE A BIGGER DEAL OU 614 00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:17,800 >> SHE RIDICULED HIM 615 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,200 BUT IT'S PUT IN OTHER NAMES. 616 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,600 AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE' 617 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,633 HEARING THE WEIGHT 618 00:17:22,633 --> 00:17:24,600 IF YOU HEARD STEVE LONEGAN TAL 619 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,333 ABOUT CORY BOOKER FROLICKING O 620 00:17:27,333 --> 00:17:30,000 THE BEACH OR CORY BOOKER TALKING 621 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,200 ABOUT STEVE LONEGAN FROLICKING 622 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,000 ON THE BEACH, THEY'RE NATURA 623 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:35,200 ADVERSARIES. 624 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,966 THEY'RE COMPETING FOR -- IN AN 625 00:17:37,966 --> 00:17:38,200 ELECTION 626 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,933 AND I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THE 627 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:40,033 WEIGHT 628 00:17:40,033 --> 00:17:42,866 YES, MADE FUN OF HIM 629 00:17:42,866 --> 00:17:43,900 BUT THIS IS WHAT CANDIDATES DO 630 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:44,466 TO EACH OTHER. 631 00:17:44,466 --> 00:17:46,066 >> OTHER THOUGHTS. 632 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,966 >> I THINK IT PLAYED INT 633 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:49,700 EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GOOD AT, I 634 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:50,966 CONTROLLING AT CHANGING TH 635 00:17:50,966 --> 00:17:51,100 MESSAGE. 636 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:52,800 SHE PUTS OUT HER EDUCATION PLAN. 637 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,200 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 638 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,266 YOU CALLED ME FAT. 639 00:17:55,266 --> 00:17:56,200 NO, I DIDN'T 640 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,166 THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OF THE 641 00:17:57,166 --> 00:17:57,733 EDUCATION PLAN 642 00:17:57,733 --> 00:17:59,166 WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT WHETHE 643 00:17:59,166 --> 00:18:00,666 OR NOT SHE CALLED HIM FAT. 644 00:18:00,666 --> 00:18:01,600 IT'S A TWO-DAY STORY 645 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,033 THERE WAS HER SAYING IT. 646 00:18:03,033 --> 00:18:03,766 WE WROTE THAT. 647 00:18:03,766 --> 00:18:04,600 HIS RESPONSE THEN HER RESPONSE 648 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,166 TO HIS RESPONSE. 649 00:18:05,166 --> 00:18:06,600 >> HER RESPONSE TO HIS RESPONS 650 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,466 WAS, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT YOUR 651 00:18:08,466 --> 00:18:08,700 WEIGHT 652 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:10,833 YOU THINK EVERYTHING'S ABOUT 653 00:18:10,833 --> 00:18:12,033 YOU. 654 00:18:12,033 --> 00:18:13,666 IT WASN'T ABOUT YOU. 655 00:18:13,666 --> 00:18:15,200 I DON'T KNOW HOW CREDIBLE THAT 656 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:15,433 WAS. 657 00:18:15,433 --> 00:18:16,100 BUT GO AHEAD 658 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:18,533 >> SO INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT 659 00:18:18,533 --> 00:18:19,733 KINDERGARTEN, ALL-DA 660 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:20,900 KINDERGARTEN, PRESCHOOL, WE'RE 661 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:23,566 TALKING ABOUT FAT. 662 00:18:23,566 --> 00:18:25,333 >> MUCH MORE INTERESTING THA 663 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:25,966 ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN 664 00:18:25,966 --> 00:18:27,333 >> YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT 665 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:29,066 THE ELECTORATE AND CANDIDATE 666 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:30,766 AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND US A 667 00:18:30,766 --> 00:18:31,500 THIS TABLE 668 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:33,166 BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 669 00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:35,000 HE CHANGES THE MESSAGE AND SHE'S 670 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 NOW ON THE DEFENSIVE AND SHE'S 671 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,566 DEFENDING A COMMENT SHE MADE A 672 00:18:38,566 --> 00:18:40,333 SOME BACKYARD PARTY A MONTH AGO. 673 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:43,200 >> HOW DID YOU SEE THIS? 674 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,766 >> I THINK TO ME -- AND I AGRE 675 00:18:45,766 --> 00:18:51,066 COMPLETELY WITH WHAT DARYL SAID. 676 00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:53,366 AND IT MAY HAVE NO IMPACT AT ALL 677 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:54,466 ON THE ELECTORATE. 678 00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:58,066 BUT I FIND IT VERY, VERY HARD TO 679 00:18:58,066 --> 00:19:03,266 SEE HOW WHEN CHRISTIE SAYS 680 00:19:03,266 --> 00:19:04,833 SHOWS THIS WOUND OVER BARBAR 681 00:19:04,833 --> 00:19:08,800 BUONO SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT HIS 682 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,333 WEIGHT, HOW THAT DOESN'T 683 00:19:10,333 --> 00:19:11,333 LEGITIMIZE THE COMPLAINTS THAT 684 00:19:11,333 --> 00:19:13,933 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD ABOUT HI 685 00:19:13,933 --> 00:19:15,533 BEING -- SAYING WHAT THEY SAY IS 686 00:19:15,533 --> 00:19:16,233 INAPPROPRIATE THINGS 687 00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:17,100 >> RIGHT 688 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:18,366 HE'S THE ONE WHO CALLED TH 689 00:19:18,366 --> 00:19:19,366 SPORTS WRITER AN IDIOT A WEE 690 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:19,733 EARLIER. 691 00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:21,066 >> RIGHT 692 00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:22,500 >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE ON 693 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,900 THING BEFORE I ASK YOU FOR YOU 694 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:25,033 COMMENT. 695 00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:27,666 A REPORTER WHO SHALL REMAI 696 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:29,300 NAMELESS WAS IN A SCHOOL GYM 697 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:31,900 WITH CHRISTIE AND A BUNCH OF 698 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:32,466 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS 699 00:19:32,466 --> 00:19:34,500 ALL THE REPORTERS WERE IN THERE. 700 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:35,733 BUT WE WERE ASKED TO LEAVE 701 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:36,933 HE STAYED. 702 00:19:36,933 --> 00:19:38,566 AND HE HEARD A KID AS CHRISTIE 703 00:19:38,566 --> 00:19:40,366 WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF THE BEAC 704 00:19:40,366 --> 00:19:40,766 HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TH 705 00:19:40,766 --> 00:19:42,900 OTHER DAY, HEARD A KID SAY, DO 706 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:44,533 YOU SURF 707 00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:46,200 AND CHRISTIE SAID, I DON'T THINK 708 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,366 YOU WANT TO SEE ME ON 709 00:19:49,366 --> 00:19:49,566 SURFBOARD. 710 00:19:49,566 --> 00:19:51,533 WHICH WAS SORT OF THE SAME THING 711 00:19:51,533 --> 00:19:52,166 BARBARA BUONO SAID 712 00:19:52,166 --> 00:19:54,233 BUT I GUESS YOU CAN SAY IT ABOUT 713 00:19:54,233 --> 00:19:55,033 YOURSELF 714 00:19:55,033 --> 00:19:56,566 >> HE DOES MAKE JOKES ABOUT IT 715 00:19:56,566 --> 00:19:57,133 HIMSELF. 716 00:19:57,133 --> 00:19:59,466 >> HE EATS THE DOUGHNUTS O 717 00:19:59,466 --> 00:20:01,766 DAVID LETTERMAN. 718 00:20:01,766 --> 00:20:02,800 >> HE CERTAINLY -- AND CORRECT 719 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,400 ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK 720 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:05,866 THEY'RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT 721 00:20:05,866 --> 00:20:08,366 THE WEIGHT OF CORY BOOKER NOW. 722 00:20:08,366 --> 00:20:09,466 >> THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIS 723 00:20:09,466 --> 00:20:09,966 SEXUALITY. 724 00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:11,766 >> AND THE WEIGHT. 725 00:20:11,766 --> 00:20:13,600 THERE WAS A WEIGHT STORY 726 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,033 >> "NEW YORK POST" DID A STORY 727 00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:16,466 ABOUT HOW HE'S GAINING WEIGHT. 728 00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:17,766 THIS IS WHAT NEW JERSEY POLITICS 729 00:20:17,766 --> 00:20:18,966 IS GROWING TO BE 730 00:20:18,966 --> 00:20:20,200 YOU SAY THE TWO-DAY STORY. 731 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,633 HERE WE ARE FOUR DAYS LATER. 732 00:20:24,633 --> 00:20:29,000 >> LET'S MOVE ONTO WEIGHTIER 733 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:29,233 MATTERS. 734 00:20:29,233 --> 00:20:31,400 THE SENATE RACE. 735 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,200 NEWARK EXPERIENCED A SPASM O 736 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,733 VIOLENCE OVER THE PAST TEN DAYS. 737 00:20:35,733 --> 00:20:37,566 THERE WERE TEN FATAL SHOOTINGS 738 00:20:37,566 --> 00:20:41,200 AND STABBINGS OVER TEN DAYS. 739 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,200 IT SEEMS TO UNDERCUT THE 740 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,133 NARRATIVE THAT CORY BOOKER HAS 741 00:20:47,133 --> 00:20:48,633 PUT FORWARD OF" I'M THE MAN WH 742 00:20:48,633 --> 00:20:53,400 HAS MADE THIS A BETTER PLACE." 743 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,966 HOW DIFFICULT A SPOT IS CORY 744 00:20:56,966 --> 00:20:58,066 BOOKER IN AS A RESULT OF THI 745 00:20:58,066 --> 00:20:59,066 SPASM OF VIOLENCE THAT'S 746 00:20:59,066 --> 00:21:01,100 COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS CONTROL, I 747 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:01,700 GUESS? 748 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:04,033 >> IT'S TERRIBLE TIMING, 749 00:21:04,033 --> 00:21:04,133 OBVIOUSLY. 750 00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:07,000 AND LONEGAN IS MAKING SOME GOO 751 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,033 POINTS, UNFORTUNATELY, AT TH 752 00:21:09,033 --> 00:21:13,033 EXPENSE OF SOME TRAGEDIES. 753 00:21:13,033 --> 00:21:14,600 BUT CORY HAS NOT PULLED BACK O 754 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:15,600 HIS CAMPAIGNING. 755 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,500 HE'S CAMPAIGNING VERY HARD 756 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:19,166 >> I SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY. 757 00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:20,733 HE DID SAY THAT HE CANCELED 758 00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:24,400 FEW CAMPAIGN EVENTS THIS WEE 759 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:25,433 DURING THIS CRISIS 760 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:26,266 SO JUST TO KEEP RECORD CLEAN O 761 00:21:26,266 --> 00:21:26,466 THAT 762 00:21:26,466 --> 00:21:27,566 >> TRUE. 763 00:21:27,566 --> 00:21:30,066 AND HE CAME UP WITH A NEW PLAN 764 00:21:30,066 --> 00:21:31,933 TO KIND OF PINPOINT SOME TROUBLE 765 00:21:31,933 --> 00:21:32,500 SPOTS. 766 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,900 >> REDEPLOY THE POLICE 767 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:35,166 RESOURCES, YES 768 00:21:35,166 --> 00:21:37,466 >> BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE 769 00:21:37,466 --> 00:21:38,800 WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION, 770 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,166 AND I GUESS THERE'S MORE HE CA 771 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:41,400 DO 772 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,300 THERE'S MORE CONCERN HE CA 773 00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:45,500 SHOW 774 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,533 I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN BE 775 00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:49,933 MAYOR 24/7 WHILE RUNNING FOR 776 00:21:49,933 --> 00:21:51,633 SENATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT LONEGA 777 00:21:51,633 --> 00:21:52,866 HAS KIND OF PICTURED 778 00:21:52,866 --> 00:21:54,633 >> I THINK HE HAS TW 779 00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:55,566 OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE I 780 00:21:55,566 --> 00:21:55,866 CONFLICT 781 00:21:55,866 --> 00:21:58,033 ONE BE A MAYOR 24/7, AND HE IS 782 00:21:58,033 --> 00:22:01,166 THE ELECTED DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE 783 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:03,033 FOR STATE-WIDE ELECTION SI 784 00:22:03,033 --> 00:22:04,533 WEEKS FROM NOW 785 00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:08,266 HE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO TRY TO 786 00:22:08,266 --> 00:22:10,233 WIN THE SEAT 787 00:22:10,233 --> 00:22:11,100 SO I DON'T KNOW. 788 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:11,766 >> YEAH. 789 00:22:11,766 --> 00:22:13,633 I MEAN, HAVING WORKED IN NEWAR 790 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:16,200 FOR A LONG TIME, THEY DO HAV 791 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:16,900 THESE SPASMS 792 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:19,366 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FEED ON 793 00:22:19,366 --> 00:22:19,700 EACH OTHER 794 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:21,000 I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S 795 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:21,700 GOING ON NOW 796 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:22,933 BUT IT HAPPENS 797 00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:24,300 AND IT SEEMS ALMOST EVER 798 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:25,066 SUMMER, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE 799 00:22:25,066 --> 00:22:25,833 SUMMER IT SEEMS. 800 00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:27,133 THIS IS THE LATE SUMMER. 801 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:28,866 IN SOME FAIRNESS TO HIM, I THINK 802 00:22:28,866 --> 00:22:30,733 THE NUMBERS LAST I SAW THE 803 00:22:30,733 --> 00:22:31,966 NUMBERS ARE STILL DOWN FROM WHEN 804 00:22:31,966 --> 00:22:34,366 BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED IN TERMS 805 00:22:34,366 --> 00:22:35,266 OF VIOLENT CRIME 806 00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:36,700 BUT THEY HAVE CREPT UP 807 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,600 THERE WAS A BIG DROP RIGHT AWA 808 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,833 AND THEY HAVE CREPT UP SINCE 809 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:41,066 THEN 810 00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:42,266 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT -- 811 00:22:42,266 --> 00:22:43,733 >> SHOOTINGS ARE STILL DOWN THIS 812 00:22:43,733 --> 00:22:45,800 SUMMER, HE TOLD ME YESTERDAY 813 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,733 >> FROM BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED, 814 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:47,833 YEAH 815 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,900 AND A LOT OF THE SAM 816 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:50,133 NEIGHBORHOODS. 817 00:22:50,133 --> 00:22:53,966 IT'S SOUTHWARD, WESTWARD 818 00:22:53,966 --> 00:22:54,966 THESE ARE THE TOUGHEST 819 00:22:54,966 --> 00:22:57,200 NEIGHBORHOODS OF NEWARK. 820 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,933 I THINK IT IS VERY TOUGH 821 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:00,866 IT'S A CITY THAT'S ON EDGE EVERY 822 00:23:00,866 --> 00:23:02,166 SUMMER BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS. 823 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:05,833 >> HOW ABOUT THE GAY REMARKS 824 00:23:05,833 --> 00:23:08,600 HE TOLD THE "WASHINGTON POST 825 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,733 THAT HE DOESN'T CARE IF TH 826 00:23:10,733 --> 00:23:11,800 PEOPLE THINK HE'S GAY. 827 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,933 IN FACT, IT KIND OF -- H 828 00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:16,966 MARVELS AT IT. 829 00:23:16,966 --> 00:23:19,100 LONEGAN THEN SAID SOMETHING THAT 830 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:21,566 WAS SEEN AS SORT OF HOMOPHOBIC 831 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:23,533 ABOUT, I'M MORE OF A REAL GUY. 832 00:23:23,533 --> 00:23:25,433 I SMOKE CIGARS AN DRINK SCOTCH 833 00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:27,600 HE GOES FOR PEDICURES IN THE 834 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:28,533 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 835 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:30,466 WAS THAT MORE THAN A ONE-DAY 836 00:23:30,466 --> 00:23:31,100 STORY? 837 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:33,800 >> THAT HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS O 838 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,366 LEGS 839 00:23:34,366 --> 00:23:36,066 AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS A -- THA 840 00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:38,033 FIRST COMMENT BY BOOKER WAS 841 00:23:38,033 --> 00:23:38,700 NATION-WIDE STORY. 842 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,366 THAT GOT PICKED UP ALL OVER TH 843 00:23:40,366 --> 00:23:40,666 PLACE. 844 00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:42,400 "WASHINGTON POST" HAD IT, THEN 845 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,266 IT GOT PICKED UP ALL OVER. 846 00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:46,533 AND IT BECAME A COUPLE OF DA 847 00:23:46,533 --> 00:23:47,066 STORY. 848 00:23:47,066 --> 00:23:48,866 LONEGAN EXACERBATED IT A LITTL 849 00:23:48,866 --> 00:23:49,100 BIT. 850 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,700 BUT LONEGAN'S PLAYING TO HIS 851 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:51,166 BASE 852 00:23:51,166 --> 00:23:54,666 >> LONEGAN DIDN'T STEP IN IT AND 853 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,033 MAKE A MISTAKE BY REACTING THE 854 00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:58,866 WAY HE DID 855 00:23:58,866 --> 00:24:02,566 >> TO SOME EXTENT HIS BASE WIL 856 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:03,700 APPRECIATE IT. 857 00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:05,266 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S MORE 858 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:07,766 MANLY, THE GUY WHO'S CIGAR 859 00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:09,700 SMOKER AND SCOTCH DRINKER THAN 860 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:12,700 THE OTHER GUY GETTING MANIS AN 861 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:14,733 PEDIS INSTEAD OF ABOUT SYRIA 862 00:24:14,733 --> 00:24:16,833 >> LONEGAN ALSO IS PRESSIN 863 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:18,800 BOOKER FOR HIS EXPENSE REPORT, 864 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:19,766 FILED A REQUEST. 865 00:24:19,766 --> 00:24:23,966 BOOKER REPLIES, I'VE NEVER HAD A 866 00:24:23,966 --> 00:24:25,000 CITY CREDIT CARD 867 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,933 I'VE NEVER FILED FOR 868 00:24:28,933 --> 00:24:29,633 REIMBURSEMENT. 869 00:24:29,633 --> 00:24:31,200 LONEGAN'S TRYING TO MAKE THAT AN 870 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:31,333 ISSUE. 871 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:36,600 BUT I WANT TO GO TO A COMMEN 872 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,333 THAT DIALOGUE IN LAST MONDAY'S 873 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:40,766 STAR LEDGER. 874 00:24:40,766 --> 00:24:42,666 HEADLINE "THESE ELECTIONS HAVE 875 00:24:42,666 --> 00:24:44,966 NO PIZZAZZ." 876 00:24:44,966 --> 00:24:45,666 ARE THEY RIGHT 877 00:24:45,666 --> 00:24:47,533 >> HOW MUCH HAVE WE BEEN TALKING 878 00:24:47,533 --> 00:24:49,433 ABOUT THE ELECTIONS HERE TODAY 879 00:24:49,433 --> 00:24:51,466 IF THEY HAD NO PIZZAZZ WOULD W 880 00:24:51,466 --> 00:24:51,966 EVEN BE -- 881 00:24:51,966 --> 00:24:53,466 >> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 882 00:24:53,466 --> 00:24:54,233 SOMETHING. 883 00:24:54,233 --> 00:24:56,733 >> I KNOW. 884 00:24:56,733 --> 00:24:58,666 BUT I THINK THAT -- I MEAN, 885 00:24:58,666 --> 00:25:01,033 REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT PIZZAZZ 886 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:01,166 MEANS. 887 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:04,233 THERE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES IN TH 888 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,000 SENATE RACE THAT BOTH SIDES HAVE 889 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,533 TRIED TO STAKE POSITIONS OUT ON. 890 00:25:07,533 --> 00:25:09,500 YES, WE'VE GOTTEN SIDE-TRACKED 891 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,100 INTO ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHETHER O 892 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:14,100 NOT SOMEBODY'S GAY AND 893 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,166 MANI-PEDIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 894 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:17,300 BUT THEY BOTH TRIED TO STAKE OUT 895 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:18,700 SERIOUS POSITIONS ON SERIOUS 896 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:18,966 ISSUES 897 00:25:18,966 --> 00:25:21,200 IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE YOU BOT 898 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,966 HAVE SIMILAR CHOICES 899 00:25:22,966 --> 00:25:26,533 SO AT LEAST FOR MY PURPOSES, I 900 00:25:26,533 --> 00:25:27,533 READING WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING 901 00:25:27,533 --> 00:25:29,566 AND LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE 902 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:31,500 SAYING, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE 903 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:32,666 FAIRLY SUBSTANTIVE 904 00:25:32,666 --> 00:25:33,966 >> ALL RIGHT 905 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:35,533 WELL, THAT'S THE LAST WORD, 906 00:25:35,533 --> 00:25:36,600 POSITIVE WORD ABOUT THES 907 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,133 ELECTIONS. 908 00:25:37,133 --> 00:25:39,566 THERE IS SOME PIZZAZZ, AND WE'LL 909 00:25:39,566 --> 00:25:41,433 BE BACK WITH ANOTHER "ROUN 910 00:25:41,433 --> 00:25:42,700 TABLE" NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON 911 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:44,233 AT 5:30 AND SUNDAY MORNING A 912 00:25:44,233 --> 00:25:46,000 9:00 ON THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF 913 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,300 "ON THE RECORD" WE LOOK AT THE 914 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:48,566 POLITICAL SEASON AHEAD WIT 915 00:25:48,566 --> 00:25:54,700 THREE CLOSE OBSERVERS, KEN 916 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:55,966 MANAHAN SITS DOWN WITH TWO 917 00:25:55,966 --> 00:25:57,166 FORMER GOVERNORS 918 00:25:57,166 --> 00:26:01,566 BOTH PROGRAMS ARE AT 919 00:26:01,566 --> 00:26:01,700 NJTVONLINE.ORG 920 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:02,833 THANKS FOR BEING WITH US 921 00:26:02,833 --> 00:26:05,466 >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "REPORTER 922 00:26:05,466 --> 00:26:06,833 ROUND TABLE" WITH MICHAEL ARON 923 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:11,400 IS PROVIDED BY PSE&G, SERVIN 924 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,333 CUSTOMERS, STRENGTHENING THE 925 00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:14,000 BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND INVESTING 926 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,366 IN NEW JERSEY'S FUTURE 927 00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:17,933 PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED B 928 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:19,333 NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE 929 00:26:19,333 --> 00:26:21,500 THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 930 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:22,700 BUSINESS AND INDUSTR 931 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:24,333 ASSOCIATION, REPORTING T 932 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:25,333 EXECUTIVES AND LEGISLATIVE 933 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,600 LEADERS IN ALL 21 COUNTIES O 934 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,233 THE GARDEN STATE SINCE 1954.