This Week in Politics: A Reality Check on the States of the States

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo both gave their State of the State addresses this week. And the two Democrats served up plenty of optimism for the year ahead.

But there was also no avoiding the political realities of 2019.

We look beyond the speeches with New York Times editorial board member, Mara Gay and New Jersey Public Radio's Nancy Solomon. They join David Furst to talk about which proposals will become law, and which will remain legislative fantasy.

While Cuomo used his speech to portray unity against a federal government assaulting New York values, Murphy spent part of his speech launching a surprise sideways attack on the second most powerful Democrat in the state: Senate President Steve Sweeney. Democrats in New York may be ready to unleash a torrent of progressive legislation, but Democrats in New Jersey appear to be preoccupied with sharpening knives.