Cory Booker: Yes I’m (Unofficially) Running for Senate
If anyone wonders if two-term Newark Mayor Cory Booker is really committed to campaigning for the Senate from New Jersey, he left no doubt on Monday night at a fancy dinner with fancy New Yorkers.
“Yes!” he told CBS This Morning anchor Norah O’Donnell during a mealtime Q&A presented by The Atlantic magazine and the Aspen Institute at the trendy Del Posto restaurant in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. “Unofficially, I’m running.”
In the 35-minute chat, O’Donnell managed to pose a few questions while Booker displayed his ability to speak in lengthy, well-ordered paragraphs—a gift that could come in handy during a Senate filibuster.
The African-American Democrat, who was first elected in 2006 to oust the corrupt administration of Sharpe James (a former federal prison inmate), praised the power of Twitter, a platform he uses fanatically to communicate with constituents and the wider world of nearly 1.4 million followers, regaled his audience with a story of engaging talk-show host comic Conan O'Brien in a fake feud over an ungenerous joke about Newark, defended his record on crime and schools, and argued for his “pragmatic, bipartisan” brand of politics that lets him work closely with Republican Gov. Chris Christie on economic development and public education issues. /snip
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