Robert Menendez is the Democrat senator from New Jersey. He was indicted for taking "gifts" from a "friend", a doctor who himself was convicted of a massive Medicare fraud. The allegation was that Menendez traded influence to help the doctor for the "gifts". Menendez was indicted by the Obama justice department, so there was no political slant to the charges; it was Democrats indicting a fellow Democrat. The trial went on for months, but it ended with a hung jury. So what you have is an indicted and almost convicted allegedly corrupt senator with a lackluster record. Given that, one would think that Menendez would not even try to run for re-election, but that if he did he could never survive the primary or the general election. That, however, would be wrong according to the polls.
In a recent poll, Menendez is running 17% ahead of his likely Republican challenger. There are no serious opponents within the Democrat party. In other words, the people of New Jersey don't seem to care if Menedez is corrupt. That's astounding to me. I guess the spirit of Tony Soprano lives on in the Garden State.
In a recent poll, Menendez is running 17% ahead of his likely Republican challenger. There are no serious opponents within the Democrat party. In other words, the people of New Jersey don't seem to care if Menedez is corrupt. That's astounding to me. I guess the spirit of Tony Soprano lives on in the Garden State.
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