Now that our governor officially will not run for president in 2012, after speculation reached a fever pitch in the past week, we are left to wonder if there was ever any justification for predicting what he would do in the first place.

Wow.  It's difficult to not be overwhelmed by the magnitude of today, a historic inauguration day.  But in addition to being a milestone day for our country as Barack Obama takes the oath of office, it's also a big day for the state of New Jersey.

At 6:30 am yesterday in Montclair, the line at St. Luke's Episcopal Church was already spilling out the door. It was morning in America, literally and figuratively.