New Jersey's New High Profile

[barking_iguana]

We've had two politicians on national TV non-stop for a week, and neither one of them is they guy who just got re-elected to the Senate.

Corzine says he's not interested in being the Secretary of the Treasury, but he'd probably be good at it. He's OK as governor, but he's more attuned to business administration than to coalition building.

Booker also says he doesn't want to leave Newark now. He's also having troubles maintaining support among varied interests in Newark, but he's doing a very good job of running the city government. He's not the next Obama, as some people see him. Partly because nobody's ever really the next anybody; also because he's sharp, but not Obama sharp, at least in public give and take. He does have a bright future, though, if he finishes a term, gets re-elected, and is perceived to be, as he puts it, moving Newark forward.

I guess that Bradley's name will also re-surface at some point. I don't know if he'll be tapped for a full-time job, but I think Obama will find some way to use his wisdom and make use of his good name.

Our other living Democratic ex-Senator, Toricelli, is far too discredited (and truly a scumbag) to get any direct role. but still has loads of connections and has probably had a very interesting week on the phone.

Oh, and my Congressman, Rush Holt, is an increasingly visible leader of the Progressive Caucus in the House.

Comments

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

Booker’s sharp, but he’s not Sharpe. :)

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. If he manages to end his tenure without following it up with a prison term, he's already have done better than his three immediate predecessors.

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

That’s not a problem with have with mayors of our two big cities. Roseville used to have a mayor who was a complete loon, the sort you may end up suing for slander and harassment, but that’s a different sort of trouble.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

If we lose anyone to the new administration, I hope they have a better chance to do the job they're hired for than the last governor we lost to DC...

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

And in the unlikely event they're not, I hope they would sooner blow whistles than criminally get people killed by telling them there's no risk.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Definitely.