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Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Joseph Spicuzzo says he wants Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville) to become the next Democratic State Chairman.

"He's very capable, with a nice appearance, and he can talk," Spicuzzo told PolitickerNJ.com.  "It's a difficult job, particularly now that we don't have the governor's mansion anymore," Spicuzzo added. "He's capable. I don't know if there's anybody else's name out there, but John Wisniewski is very capable of doing a great job."

NEWARK - After months of mostly unobservable underground movements and five days in front of President Barack Obama's appearance at the Rock, there is evidence of effort on behalf of Gov. Jon Corzine in a city the governor needs to win amply in order to land another four years in office. Of course, Democrats are leaning heavily on Corzine-Obama linkage. In 2005, Corzine defeated Republican challenger Doug Forrester in Newark, 39,573 to 3,336, while carrying Essex County overall, 131,312 to 45,789 on his way to statewide victory. By comparison, Obama punished Republican Sen. John McCain in Newark by a vote of 77,112 to 5,957 last year, as he carried Essex County, 240,127 to 73,975, recording a larger number of votes here than in any other county on his way to winning New Jersey by a 15% margin.  "Certainly for Obama, people had a clear and distinguishable reason for coming out," says Essex County Democratic Party chairman Phil Thigpen. "Now, it's not as visible when you talk about quality of education or property taxes and you're a renter, for example. So we've got to jazz it up."