Don’t know that I agree with all his polices, but Cory Booker is a genuinely articulate and intelligent man. Obama can’t hold a candle to him. Check out any of his speeches on youtube, and you will be surprised.
He has a warm relationship with the Jewish community and has been to Israel many times.
He is a newer breed of Urban Mayors like Nutter of Philly, that is truly attempting to solve problems, unlike the graft and corruption-ridden Black mayors of the past.
Not a conservative, definitely a Liberal, but not an ideolog or cliche-ridden player like Obama.
“He is a newer breed of Urban Mayors like Nutter of Philly, that is truly attempting to solve problems, unlike the graft and corruption-ridden Black mayors of the past.”
He basically had to run for office as the “white” candidate (his black primary opponent called him both “white” & “Jewish”), so he had an outreach to the Hispanics, whites, and non-dependent blacks that will be critical for most urban mayors in the future. The days of all-black cities are over, and as their numbers diminish in relation to Hispanics they will either go with the flow or be replaced by one. It is making things very dicey for the Dem party; they can’t have these groups at each other’s throats, but that is what is developing.