Has it been a bad week for New Jersey Democrats?

Question

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/nj.arrets/index.html

Two mayors and two state legislators are among 11 public officials arrested in New Jersey as part of a corruption investigation, the U.S. attorney's office in Trenton announced Thursday.


Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera is among 11 officials arrested Thursday in a corruption probe.

1 of 2 "The defendants allegedly demanded and accepted payments ranging from $1,500 to $17,500 at any one time," the release from the U.S. attorney's office alleges.

"Each of the 11 public officials and one associate accepted the corrupt payments from companies that offered insurance brokerage or roofing services to school districts and municipalities," the news release said.

State Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Alfred E. Steele -- both Democrats -- and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera are among those arrested, the news release says.

Answer 1

No more than any other. Libs expect corruption in their NJ leaders.

Answer 2

In Jersey, this qualifies as "a week." Corruption in Jersey is endemic, and it seems it will never go away.

I'm confused as to how a previous answerer managed to bring the DNC into this. This is state and local corruption, not national.

Answer 3

You would expect anything less from the DNC? They still LOVE Ted Kennedy (but none will date him, wonder why?) and Bill Clinton (but they hide their daughters when he's around)... Sounds like status quo for them.

Answer 4

it extremely is not the democrat it extremely is the recommendations lifeless virginian's nonetheless clinging to that G.D. Bible and procuring up weapons and ammunition in hopes of having yet another whitey interior the whitehouse.

Answer 5

If you live in New Jersey you pretty much always have a bad week.