It only takes a few words, even out-of-context ones, for a well-disciplined campaign message to disintegrate. Just ask Newark Mayor Cory Booker. And now, it’s Bill Clinton’s turn. Last night, the ex-president may have just stuck “another fork” — as the Washington Post‘s Aaron Blake put it — in the Obama campaign’s carefully-honed attack against Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital.Read Full Story
“Inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.”John Addison"Morning Joe" Host Joe Scarborough's analysis of Cory Booker's first Apology Video following his appearance last week on "Meet The Press" DID in fact make him appear as if he were being "held Hostage".Cory Booker's recent Admonishment by the National Democratic Party for speaking out on "Meet The Press" proves Independent Minds are NOT welcome in 21st Century Politics. Its 100% Partisan Politics or Else!The...Read Full Story
Newark Mayor Booker says he was denied Springsteen tickets after blasting N.J. Devils ExecutiveCall him a "high-class, highfalutin huckster and hustler?"Well then, you can just forget about those Springsteen tickets.A day after Newark Mayor Cory Booker lashed out at Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek — accusing him of exploiting the city — the mayor said the team owner turned down his request for seats to next month’s sold-out Bruce Springsteen concert at the Prudential Center.The...Read Full Story
Newark Mayor Cory Booker's communications director has resigned.
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Anne Torres is stepping down a little more than a week after the mayor drew flak from fellow Democrats for criticizing President Barack Obama's campaign.In a statement Tuesday, Torres wished Booker good luck. She says she enjoyed her six years of working for him.Booker was considered one of Obama's biggest supporters. In a May 20 appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" he...Read Full Story
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyIs the Bain attack working?President Obama’s campaign is in the midst of an extended attack on Mitt Romney’s time spent at Bain Capital, an effort to define the former Massachusetts governor as out of touch with average Americans.Ads have been run, conference calls have been held, press releases (and then some more press releases) have been sent — an all-out effort that speaks to how important it is for the Obama...Read Full Story
But documents obtained by The Star-Ledger concerning the contract illustrate ongoing problems with watershed management in Newark, as well as a lack of cohesion within Mayor Cory Booker ... a voicemail from Joseph Beckmeyer.
Hey, Democrats! 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? It's not like Romney staffers aren't trying their best to drown it out anyway, right?
So here's the Obama campaign's message on Bain capital: Mitt Romney's role at Bain was to take over companies, loot their pensions, strip their assets, saddle them with...
WASHINGTON -- The past several days of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's life have been painfully amusing to watch. Painful because Booker, a rising Democratic star, is such a good guy. Amusing, because rarely are Americans... Some complete stories are ...
In a Piers Morgan Tonight interview on Thursday, Bill Clinton became the most prominent Democrat to go off message and disavow President Obama's strategy of attacking Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital. "I don't think we ought to get into the position where we say, 'this is bad work,'" said Clinton. "This is good work.'"While Cory Booker took heat for merely saying that he was "uncomfortable" with the attacks on Bain, Clinton told guest host...
Newark city officials are scrambling to keep the doors open on their water treatment plant after funds for the facility, which treats 80 million gallons of water for 500,000 residents in and around Newark, run out today