Why a fellow Democrat is blocking New Jersey governor’s lefty agenda

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 2:49pm |

Sounds like the college-educated vs. working class problem to me. As well as the "Kansas" problem.

By Matt Friedman @ Politico.com, April 3

New Jersey‘s new governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, wants the state to be a “progressive blue beacon“ after eight years of Republican Gov. Chris Christie. But Murphy‘s plans face a big obstacle — one from his own party in the form of Senate President Steve Sweeney.

Sweeney, a burly Gloucester ironworker whose working-class South Jersey style cuts a sharp contrast to Murphy, a former ambassador and Goldman Sachs alum, has embarked on an anti-tax crusade that threatens the funding for much of the governor’s agenda [....]

URL:

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/04/03/why-a-fellow-democrat-is-blocking-new-jersey-governors-lefty-agenda-342676