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The "New York Times" Bestseller
Updated with the Latest Scandals
It's not a joke
New Jersey leads the country in corruption
"The Soprano State "details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true
story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics,
government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy
Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in
Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical
and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the
Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters.
Where else would:
- A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her
boyfriend who was driving without a valid license?
- A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend
thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money on a junket to Rio days
before leaving office?
- A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex
acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his
sister?
Only in the Soprano State.
Christine Todd Whitman came from nowhere in 1993 to defeat Democrat
Jim Florio and become the first woman governor of New Jersey. Her
meteoric rise to power has left many people wondering who she is,
where she came from, and what motivates her. This engrossing
political biography traces her background of old money tempered
with social conscience and details its impact on her difficult but
successful journey to the New Jersey governor's mansion...and
perhaps beyond. Though an aristocrat from a moderate Republican
family, Christie Whitman waged a grass-roots campaign to cut the
heavy burden of New Jersey's taxes. At first, a skeptical public,
reacting negatively to her plan, sent her public-opinion rating so
low that even her own supporters felt she had lost the race for the
governorship. But in the final, dramatic days of the campaign for
the statehouse, Whitman proved to be the campaign's strongest
asset. Undaunted by the polls, she donned a pair of blue jeans and
took her campaign directly to New Jersey voters in farmers'
markets, shopping centers, and businesses. She convinced people of
her sincerity, dispelled the "out-to-lunch" image Democrats had
painted of her, and fought on to capture one of the most powerful
governorships in the nation. Taking office in January 1994, she
surprised everyone by making good on her promise to cut income
taxes for most New Jersey residents by 30 percent. As a result, she
stands as a major player in national Republican politics with
pundits speculating on her role in upcoming presidential elections.
A voice of caution to the conservative wing of the party, she has
shied away from dramatic cuts in government and takes a moderate
position on socialissues. Author Sandy McClure traces Whitman's
roots back to the days when she was a young tomboy plotting pranks
at her parents' rural estate in northwestern New Jersey. She
provides an inside look at Whitman's family heritage: the impact of
her politically active grandparents, her role as the daughter of
Republican party movers and shakers, her early years at the
Republican National Committee, her marriage to the grandson of a
New York governor, and her devotion to her role as a mother. The
story includes the controversies of Whitman's early years in local
and state politics and tells how her near defeat of U.S. Sen. Bill
Bradley, the state's most popular politician, launched her bid for
the statehouse.
The "New York Times" Bestseller
Updated with the Latest Scandals
It's not a joke
New Jersey leads the country in corruption
"The Soprano State "details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true
story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics,
government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy
Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in
Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical
and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the
Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters.
Where else would:
- A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her
boyfriend who was driving without a valid license?
- A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend
thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money on a junket to Rio days
before leaving office?
- A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex
acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his
sister?
Only in the Soprano State.
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