Where are the Republicans on the brewing Doria scandal?
Will the "opposition" party stand by, or worse, comply, as the ultimate Trenton insider cruises to conformation as the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs while under suspicion for serious legal and ethical violations?
Doria has not been convicted or charged, yet the allegations against him are serious and credible. I can believe the administration that gave us Zulima "Speedy" Farber as Attorney General letting Doria's nomination to perhaps the most powerful cabinet position proceed to confirmation. But the opposition going along?
As the Democrats pile on US Attorney Christopher Christie for doing his job, where are the Republicans on Doria?
Calls to Senators Tom Kean, Jr and Joe Kyrillos, both members of the Judiciary Committee, about Doria, went unanswered yesterday, as did a call to NJ GOP Chair Tom Wilson.
Certainly the allegations against Doria raise above the Governor emailing his ex-girlfriend or the former Attorney General fixing a ticket for her boyfriend.
Doria's nomination to DCA Commissioner should not proceed until the cloud of these allegations are cleared up and the Republican leadership should be leading the charge to make sure the nomination is not confirmed.
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The dems are not piling on Chris Christie for doing his job, they're piling on, and rightfully so, for giving a $52MM no bid contract to his old boss Ashcroft. This stinks to high heaven...and is, what I think, payback for being taken off the list of US Attorneys that were fired way back when. The dems have not been vocal enough in their criticism of Christie for his and his office's leaks to the press, his handling of Menendez's dealings right before an election, and the timing of his latest arrests, again, right before an election. He's always had political ambitions, except that now, he's been more blatant about it. I think the US Attorney should be above partisan politics and partisan paybacks. With the award of this overseeing job, he's shown that he can't be trusted to do the right thing when it comes to cronyism. Why can't he bid out this contract and save the taxpayers some money? Why did it go to his old boss, who didn't fire him when he was scheduled to be relieved? And why can't we question these things? When we do question him, his answer is "you either trust me, or you don't". What kind of an arrogant statement is that? Please, criticize the dems for all sorts of things, but not for this. They should be piling on Christie with as much gusto as they can muster to get to why he gave his old boss $52,000,000.
If the NJGOP opposed Doria, the Democrats might not like them. How can you be liked if you oppose the majority's wishes?
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