TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Democrats are in desperate need of a boost in the November election against the popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

They may have found it with the selection of Milly Silva as their candidate for lieutenant governor.

Silva is an executive vice president of SEIU Local 1199, a massive northeastern union comprised of hospital and other service employees. She could deliver a lot of labor votes for gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono, and bring the heavy hand of Big Labor to the executive branch if the ticket somehow wins the election.

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New Jersey Hills notes the SEIU has spent a combined $100 million on Democratic campaigns in the 2008 and 2012 election cycles. Let’s just say SEIU has bought its way onto the ticket in New Jersey.

What does Silva bring to the table that New Jersey voters need in a leader?

“She has negotiated contracts on behalf of more than 14,000 workers, and she is a consensus-builder and a problem-solver with a really good reputation and a track record for bringing labor and management together,” Buono told the newspaper.

But has Silva created a single job, operated a business, met a payroll, or done much of anything besides create tension and division between employees and employers?

Buono insists that potential SEIU support “honestly didn’t enter into my equation at all” when she chose Silva to be her running mate.

That’s as believable as anything Anthony Weiner says these days.

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The very desperate Bouno needs lots of union money and Big Labor votes if she hopes to mount a credible challenge to Christie. That’s why she chose Silva, regardless of what she has to say about it.