"I don't have the capacity to think through, well, what if, what if, what if," Menendez told me.
Mayor Bhalla told me that he began contemplating his primary challenge shortly after the elder Menendez was first indicted in September.
AdvertisementSitting in his recently opened campaign office, the mayor told me that the most important facet of his candidacy was his fight against New Jersey's party boss-driven political culture.
"Everything here is a headline or a deadline driving the process," Councilman Paul Presinzano said of Mayor Bhalla.
Menendez looks on as Bhalla's opening remarks at a Jersey City candidate forum are filmed by a cameraman.
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