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New Jersey Democrats’ Failure to Communicate
by Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Star-Ledger on September 10, 2023. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” The famous line from Cool Hand Luke is addressed to a prison gang, but it could also be directed at New Jersey Democrats right now. The party has been put…
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The Fourth of July is a call to stewardship
By Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as a Connmentary on NewJerseyMonitor.com on July 4, 2023. What word do you think of when it comes to the Fourth of July? For me it’s not celebration or liberty – although those are certainly important – but stewardship. Independence Day most reminds me of the responsibility we…
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Different poll results on the debt ceiling? Look to the question wording.
by Patrick Murray There have been some head-scratching over the seeming differences between results of recent polls from Monmouth, CNN, and Marist-NPR on the debt ceiling. I posted a Twitter thread about this, but here it is unrolled and with some additional context. If reputable pollsters have very different results on the same topic, first…
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