NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Political Director Chuck Todd reported that Obama will unveil his economic team on Monday, with New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner likely taking the helm as Treasury secretary.

Layoffs, Wage Cuts Looming in Trenton - GANNETT STATE BUREAU: "State workers will have to pitch in to help New Jersey survive the economic recession and that could mean furloughs, wage freezes, employee givebacks and, in the worst case scenario, layoffs, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Thursday."

Part II

NJ Constitution Article II, Section II

  (b) There shall first be appointed 12 members as follows:

(1) two members to be appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly;

(3) two members to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(4) two members to be appointed by the minority leader of the General Assembly; and

(5) four members, two to be appointed by the chairman of the State committee of the political party whose candidate for the office of Governor received the largest number of votes at the most recent gubernatorial election and two to be appointed by the chairman of the State committee of the political party whose candidate for the office of Governor received the next largest number of votes in that election.

(c) There shall then be appointed one member, to serve as an independent member, who shall have been for the preceding five years a resident of this State, but who shall not during that period have held public or party office in this State. The independent member shall be appointed upon the vote of at least seven of the previously appointed members of the commission on or before.


So which district is most likely to find itself on the chopping block? New Jersey's population center is gradually shifting south, so a likely candidate for consolidation would be the fifth congressional district...

  

• John Podesta: former Clinton Chief of Staff
  
• Dee Dee Myers:
  
• Rahm Emmanuel: Clinton policy aid
  
• Jabob Lew: Clinton Budget Director
• Hillary Clinton: Clinton's wife
• Tom Daschle: Senate ally during Clinton Administration
  
• William Daley: Clinton Commerce Secretary
  
• Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Clinton’s Deputy Chief of Staff
• Fred Hochberg: Former Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Eric Holder: Clinton Deputy Attorney General
  
• Nelson Cunningham: Clinton lawyer
  
• Mozelle Thompson: Former Federal Communications Commissioners
• Susan Ness: Former Federal Communications Commissioners

Only 30% of the electorate knows enough about Chris Christie to develop an intelligible, or at least actionable, political opinion.

Only 37% of New Jersey voters, in a state that went strong for Barack, think Jon (no "h") Corzine deserves to be reelected governor next year.

1. Corzine stepped in it... waist deep. He's in real trouble.

2. Christie needs $$$ to buy some name recognition and take advantage of Corzine's peril.

The Courier-Post

"Bateman and Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, sent a letter to Gov. Jon S. Corzine Monday asking him to delay by six months the Dec. 31 deadline for towns to submit plans detailing how they intend to meet their new affordable housing obligations. Lesniak was one of the lawmakers who championed an affordable housing law that took effect in July but now says more changes are needed to accomplish true reform and speed up construction of affordable housing. The delay would give legislators more time to craft a better law, Lesniak said.

The letter followed recent, similar requests made by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and Sierra Club of New Jersey to extend the deadline."

As per usual, Carla Katz's ex-boyfriend (a.k.a. Governor Jon S. Corzine) is standing between taxpayers and their hard-earned money. COAH is already devastating New Jersey's communities and straining the budgets of our municipalities. Governor Corzine must own up to the current economic crisis and delay new regulations estimated to cost our state $2 billion annually. Allowing costly new mandates to take effect during a severe recession is nothing less than gubernatorial malpractice.

The 53-year-old congressman is the son of William Sessions, the former federal judge appointed as FBI director by President Ronald Reagan and fired by President Bill Clinton. The younger Mr. Sessions served for years on the powerful Rules Committee, which controls the flow of legislation. Both parties assign only their most loyal members, and Mr. Frost would be chairman now had he not lost his seat.

"I am fully aware that some $125 billion has already been allocated as of October 29, 2008. However, given that the federal government has the full weight of the army, the FBI, etc. behind it, I am confident that you can re-appropriate this money from the likes of Wells Fargo (or their successor companies, if the current over-regulatory and over-taxing economic climate has caused them to go under)."