Mixed Record in Newark Could Complicate Cory Booker's Expected Senate Run
Expected to face tough primary competition in 2014
Cory Booker has become one of the most famous mayors in the nation with the help of a careful political campaign that cast him as a unique talent willing to forgo better opportunities to save this crime-ridden and poverty-plagued city.
His story has been enhanced by tales of derring-do: chasing down criminals on foot, extracting a neighbor from a burning building and rescuing shivering dogs stranded in the snow. The "cult of Cory" has produced a windfall of investment in a city that has been dubbed the carjacking capital of the United States, and a bonanza of publicity for the 43-year-old mayor.
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My name is Jim and I am obsessed with Cory, some call me a low down gay brother. But the fact is Cory is not from Newark, Sharpe James wasnt even from NJ but thats ok. Cory is an uncle tom
come read my nonsense at NJO
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