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Cory Booker Addresses Obama Criticism In Speech At Washington State Democratic Convention

Jun 02nd 2012 - 11:55AM

The mayor of Newark, N.J., has told the Washington state Democratic Party convention that the Obama campaign offered some advice as he prepared his Seattle speech – don't stick your foot in your mouth again.

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'Nauseating' Booker Controversy Sparks Resignation

May 29th 2012 - 01:57PM

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker's communications director Anne Torres has resigned in the wake of the heroic mayor's controversial "Meet the Press" remarks.

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Cory Booker Responds To 'Meet The Press' Critics On Twitter

May 24th 2012 - 07:50PM

Cory Booker sent out a series of impassioned tweets Thursday evening in response to continuing fallout from his appearance on "Meet The Press" last Sunday, in which he expressed discomfort with the Obama campaign's strategy of attacking Mitt Romney over his career in private equity.

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Cory Booker Calls Drug War 'National Nightmare,' Supports Medical Marijuana

May 23rd 2012 - 08:55PM

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker took to Twitter on Wednesday, calling the government's war on drugs a failure that unfairly targets the black population.

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Bill Santiago: Cory Booker For President 2016: Once You Go Black...

May 21st 2012 - 10:54AM

Before it got swapped last minute with an item about Howard Stern's new gig on America's Got Talent, I was going to kick off my weekly quips with Randi Kaye on CNN this last Saturday by riffing about that viral video starring Jersey Governor Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

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  • 06/02/12 Newark mayor addresses Wash. state Dem. convention Source: NBC - WCNC NewsChannel 36 - Charlotte NC The mayor of Newark, N.J., has told the Washington state Democratic Party convention that the Obama campaign offered some advice as he prepared his Seattle speech — don't stick your foot in your mouth again.
  • 06/02/12 Bill Clinton plays the Cory Booker card—Stop being... Source: AMERICAblog: A Great Nation Deserves the Truth Bill Clinton plays the Cory Booker card—Stop being...
  • 06/02/12 Bill Clinton, Two-Edged Sword Source: The Daily Beast Unsurprisingly, the political media jumped on the remarks like a duck on a June bug, with much buzzing about whether this would be the final blow to what has so far proved an ineffectual, if not outright unproductive, line of attack for Obama.
  • 06/02/12 Mayor Booker: Gay rights are civil rights - Seattle... Source: Windy City News - Chicago IL Opponents of same-sex marriage will not succeed in driving a "wedge" between African-Americans and gay-lesbian community, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker, one of America's most prominent young back politicians, said in Seattle on Friday night.
  • 06/01/12 Bill Clinton Picks Up Where Cory Booker Left Off,... Source: Crooks and Liars Can we get a coherent message going about Bain Capital or are we going to have to constantly watch surrogates step on the Obama campaign's message?

Background on cory booker

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American Democratic Party politician who has been serving as the 36th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey since 2006. He is the third African-American mayor of Newark, and was formerly a Newark City Councilman, and practicing attorney.

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