2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGood article about women in NJ politics
And why NJ does not have a woman in Congress
http://www.northjersey.com/columnists/doblin/doblin_062113.html?page=all
JustAnotherGen
(32,000 posts)This sentence is a work of art:
And sexist or not - they didn't have the brass ovaries to run against him - at least get behind the woman with solid progressive credentials who did.
I know we've discussed offline - and you are even MORE active in the State's business than I am however . . . I can't in good conscience give to a 'party' again. Not for a long time. It's only direct to candidate contributions.
All because of Essex County . . .
ETA - also from the article:
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)Is for various events (ie the state convention).
I've had my own conspiracy theory about Barbara Buono's campaign's failure to launch and it was that Bob Buono would receive a lot more help from the state party. This article proves my theory. And as a female political staffer I've seen blatant sexism by some of the good old boys in the party.
It's sad that in my district last year (a very red part of VA, the size of NJ), where one would expect much more of a good old boys culture, that 1/3 of the Democratic county/city chairs were women. In a much bluer area (and state), only 2/21 are women (and one has been on fire lately leading the charge to take the special election to court).