Did Sen. Cory Booker blow his chance to win the 2020 Prez nomination?

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48. I think the reason is fairly simple.

It's much more aggravating when someone like Booker does something like this. He's lauded as a progressive and people like to pump him up as a possible 2020 candidate. It's extremely frustrating when someone that is supposed to be a progressive and the future of the party votes like this.

Joe Manchin on the other hand is a conservative Democrat from a very conservative state. It goes without saying that senators like him will vote in ways we disagree with. If there was a way to get a real progressive elected in West Virginia that would be great, but I'm not holding my breath. Manchin is probably as good as we are going to get in that state. Therefore it doesn't make me nearly as angry as when a supposed progressive like Booker turns out to be corporatist when he doesn't really need to be because he's from a blue state.

I'm not saying Booker is the worst person in the world or even the worst Democrat in the entire senate, I just don't think he should be celebrated and be progressives' top pick for President or a big leadership role. It's obvious he's fairly controlled by big money.