It's time for Ortiz to deliver

If Fair Lawn and Rutherford turn Republican it will be a victory for Rob's group as well as adding two popluous towns as bases for ascending GOP candidates.

Had I been installed chair I would have asked all the candidates in 36 and 38 to step down and see if better people could run. I also would have dumped two-time loser Bob Yudin and replaced him with a down-county candidate. Paul Duggan is a great candidate and deserves full funding.

Unfortunately, you can't play nice with people when ur the minority party leader in a potentially competitive county. I do think at the end of the day Ortiz will see some successes this year.

Maybe ull find out then.

I don't have any problem with Mr. Yudin's religious views, I have a problem with his previous two runs and what he chooses to focus on in his race. And I'll donate to who I feel is a worthy candidate thank you very much. And I believe there was a Republican primary so someone else could be the nominee.

to focus well down ballot. They're in no position to win any of the county seats and even if he spent the whole nut on them it wouldn't matter. Few counties fund leg candidates...that's why leadership committees exist. Good for Ortiz for having the resolve to say no to the many hands out and focus his efforts on rebuilding the party with some municipal wins. The guy didn't get the Chairman's job until over the summer, he's doing the right thing with what he has. As usual, looks like the disgruntled in Bergen (i.e. those who didn't win) are still more interested in carping than doing. Go Rob! Don't let the a-holes get you down.

...until they get rid of the Hackensack Mausoleum that costs them $8,000 a month.

But the GOP is more afraid of Ferriero's threats to "plant the Democratic Flag" in GOP headquarters than getting this financial load off their backs. It's as if people would think less of this impotent gang if they gave up this $100,000 a year annual boondoggle and spent the money on electing candidates.

A visitor to the BCRO HQ can see lots of framed black and white photos of dead people, folks at Gerald Ford rallies and a great shot of Frank Osmers and William Beck Widnall swapping campaign signs. I'm not sure there are any pictures of Ronald Reagan but Dwight Eisenhower is still a Republican hero in BCRO-Land.

There's also a great photo -- probably from the 1950s -- of an attractive looking Barbara Chadwick at some campaign event.

The fact he still is holding on to that museum they call a headquarters is disgraceful.

The first thing Ferriero did in 98 was get rid of that rat trap the Democrats used to congregate in at South State Street and put all the money into the campaign which yielded victories.

Secondly, the state party helped in getting Ferriero and Bergen on their feet. What is Lance or Wilson waiting for? You can't win statewide without a GOP presence in Bergen.

The candidates in 36 & 38 are not the problem. The problem is the rampant number of so called Republicans in East Rutherford, Lyndhurst and North Arlington who all flipped to the Democrats for patronage and jobs to stiff the legislative ticket.

Finally, Yudin is an awful candidate. He think because he's Jewish he can win in places like Teaneck! The guy is out to lunch poltically and has no business on the county ticket.

When Ortiz wakes from his slumber and digests the results he'll see he could have acutally competed in 36 as well as 38. If Rutherford goes Republican, you can thank the incompetence of McPherson. She is one of the most hated mayors in Bergen County.

Why Ortiz is not seeking a charter revision to elect freeholders by district is beyond me. He can't be this dumb. I could draw a freeholder map of nine districts that would have at least 6 GOP leaning seats.

If Weinberg and company really wanted to stick it to Ferriero, they could draft legislation that all first class counties have nine freeholders from districts versus at large...

The blame cannot go entirely to Ortiz and the GOP leadership. The demographics in the county have changed over the last decade. People from NYC and other urban areas are moving into Bergen in droves. They are changing the complexion of its politics. Immigrants from all over the world are settling into Bergen. It's a fact.

Overall, Bergen is not driven by conservative ideology. The transplanted urban dwellers have moderated things quite a bit around here.

The first thing the Republicans need to do is stop the infighting between the conservative and moderate wings of the party. The conservative social agenda doesn't fly among Bergen mainstream voters anymore. Taxes and affordability remains a priority issue because it is no longer seen as an exclusively conservative issue. It has become a quality of life issue. If you cannot afford to live here, your quality of life deteriorates. It's that simple.

But one thing that can be laid at the feet of Ortiz and the Bergen GOP leaders is their dreadful silence on the best villain they've got: Boss Joe Ferriero. Ferriero has turned Bergen into a Hudson machine and the Bergen Republicans let him get away with it without even a whimper of dissent.

There are plenty of rank and file Democrats who would welcome any allies in the fight against the Rage of the Machine.

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Only joking...Hey Rob can you please go and help our boy running against Sarlo...at least pump soem money into Lyndhurst and make those turncoats look like the true backstabbing fools they are...this is your chance to shine!