The Bergen County Republican Organization is Back!
October 28,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , After years of floundering the Bergen County Republican Organization
under Chairman Robert B. Yudin is making a big come back .
According to the Bergen Record ; “Bergen County Republicans are raising campaign funds at a much more competitive pace than they have in several years, according to state election reports released Monday. After two election cycles in which Democrats out-raised Republicans — often by a better than 2-to-1 ratio — the two parties are not as far apart this year with Democrats raising $182,333 in the third quarter of 2013 compared to $157,224 raised by Republicans. And when funds raised by individual candidates is factored in, the combined totals show the two parties within about $6,000 of each other with the Democrats holding a slight edge.” https://www.northjersey.com/news/Bergen_County_GOP_closing_the_campaign_funding_gap_with_Democrats.html#sthash.C7AtXfI9.dpuf
This blog has for years criticized the BCRO and it practices but we are forced to admit that there is a new “Can do” attitude for Bergen County Republicans . Be it the popularity of Governor Chris Christie , the leadership of Bob Yudin , better candidates or the fact that so many Democrat operatives have landed a foul of the law all giving a unique importunity for a rejuvenated BCRO .
Despite his loss Conservative Steve Lonegan ran four points ahead of Mitt Romney’s showing in this state , and carried nine counties and all six congressional districts with Republicans.
Couple that with the unpopularity and failure of Obamacare and the fact that North Jersey has been disproportionately hurt by the Presidents economic policies and you have a recipe to further electoral gains .
I’m not sure how much credit the BCRO is due with respect to the New Jersey Senate race this year. I’m also not sure how much effort the Lonegan campaign made to take advantage of what the BCRO had to offer him, e.g. in terms of working in tandem with the campaign.
Bergen County fell apart for Lonegan in terms of affluent residents who should have known better (both in terms of what was in their best interests, and in terms of what is in the best interests of NJ and the country) when they either fell asleep and did not vote, or, worse still, in a tawdry media-induced stupor, voted for Bogus Booker.
The dark cloud of progressive politics has filtered across Bergen County and is beginning to block out the sun. We really don’t have much time left to educate ourselves and our neighbors before it becomes a political wasteland for conservative candidates. This is a real shame!
Shocking!