A Look at New Jersey's 12th Congressional District

During the Summer of 2009, we saw coverage of Town Hall meeting across the United States and Americans who normally aren't overtly involved in the political process step up and and speak up. This rather ugly scene occurred in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District when Ms. Rhoda Chodosh, well-known in local Republican circles and passionately supportive of the many Republican organizations around Monmouth County, had the microphone ripped out of her hand by Congressman Rush Holt.



This was a rather ugly scene and a disgusting way to treat a woman who has a strongly positive reputation across her community. Having chatted with Ms. Chodosh at various events, I can attest to her good name and reputation.

After looking at this event, we can widen are lens and look at the bigger picture if Rush Holt represents voters of the 12th District. I resoundingly say NO! The vote for ObamaCare, combined with being the most liberal member of Congress and the incident above, show that he is out of touch with his constituents in a district where Chris Christie won 4 out of its 5 counties in the gubernatorial election last year. Republicans have run effective candidates over the years from Bill Spadea to the Rev. DeForest "Buster" Soaries, however, this district was heavily gerrymandered to protect Holt from future challengers, which makes outside observers declare a Republican winning in the 12th a "tall order."

In this Election year, we have Scott Sipprelle running to defeat Holt. Having met Scott, his wife and his family, while closely following his campaign, I am very confident of his potential to contribute to an economic rebound, his endorsement of Common Sense Conservatism and his potential to win. His campaign is making its way across the 12th District and his ads are effective and frequently seen. This would be Scott's first foray into elected office as he comes from a business background, where he is the founder of two investment firms, Westland Ventures and Copper Arch Capital. Prior to the founding of these firms, he held a prominent position with Morgan Stanley. He is also the author of the novel The Golden Dog, which is on my "to read" list. With his background in business, Scott Sipprelle can apply his knowledge and experience to contributing to fixing this economic situation in which we find ourselves thanks to Congressmen like Rush Holt.

As I stated, it's a tough fight, but of New Jersey's 13 Districts, I believe the 12th District is one of the three that have the greatest chance of electing a new Congressional Representative and I believe that Scott Sipprelle will represent the 12th with honor and an keep open door to his constituents, while applying his professional background to drafting solutions to fix our economy broken by six years of Democrat "leadership" in Congress and two years of Democrat "leadership" in the White House!