PolitickerNJ.com Power List 2008

I think this site just jumped the shark

great call on john mara!! When all these temps move on, he'll still own the best football team in the history of the world, and he'll still have governors and senators and congresmen and everyone else sucking up to him!!!!

Wally should be on the list, he's too modest.

I mostly agree with the list, I think. But can't see how Abelow has much power at the moment if he's really on the way out and is lame duck.

i agree with margolin being in the top 5, he's the best reporter in the state (not including pizaro and friedman) and his sources are all lower than him on the list.  but, why no herb jackson?

Ed Traz doesnt make the list, even though his candidates smoked both Message and Media (#32) and George Gilmore's (#41)candidates in the last 8 months? What did the check for his ad bounce?

There's some very questionable calls here, but most of them can be debated.

But Gearhart is up way too high, and David Pringle simply doesn't belong on the list...nice guy, but not nearly as influential as you seem to think.

I agree, Gearhart is WAY to high.

She no longer represents the interests for business, and has become a hack for the left wing of the Democratic party. Ask the average person who owns a small business or the CEOs of most large companies and they will tell you, "the Chamber has become irrelevant."

There are too many people on this list who talk about what other people do. You have to decide if your material is either for marketing, information or entertainment.

My list would include Patti, Brendan, Kevin D, Karen K, and Jeff M. They do things and make campaigns work. They are the go to people in Trenton.

Also, releasing the list without the photos of people who have been in NJ Politics for decades is one more example of how the nationalization of this web site has moved farther away from New Jersey. Bring the real Wally back!

...is exceptionally good at what he does! He's raised money for candidates all across the state in the past, and is doing good works as Lautenberg's SD. He did his thing with the unions too at one point. I'm sure his rolodex is extensive, and he certainly knows how to engage folks to play "nice in the sandbox."

make anything happen in urban centers-Cory Booker doesn't count!

Through nepotism, cronyism, bossism, spin doctors, sharpers, and stockjobbers, the cement of mediocrity rises, clogging every gear and wheel. Is this a rogues' gallery?

When historians reflect, they will look to this list to search out blame for the Corrupt Bargain at the heart of our times. Ah, the best government that money can buy. Did I hear you say "Machiavelli?" Don't bet the farm on it.

I suspect the only reason George Norcross is still on this list and not in jail is because he has ratted out his colleagues to save his own hide. Maybe they should inflate that big inflatable rat in front of his house. Rat.

All of us blank holes are continuing to give these people who call this a legitimate site some credence, because we all respond. Remember when the original Wally Edge had fun stuff we can all read, was honest and not so subjective. I agree that if you don't pay, you don't get anything on here. But much like the SI covers or endorsements from the RECORD, it may be a kiss of death anyway.

At least the Torok's have the stones to put their names on their site and put their money where their mouths are.

Pathetic losers.

The Honorable Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States