Comments On: A Clear Path for Booker by Eli Sanders http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/15/a-clear-path-for-booker Comments On: A Clear Path for Booker by Eli Sanders en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> a job to do. And by all accounts, Booker is largely ignoring it in favor of publicity stunts designed to launch his campaign for higher office.

I strongly recommend digging up Buzz Bissinger's "A Prayer for the City", his book on the Rendell administration's two terms in Philadelphia. Same set of challenges, but the contrast between Rendell's and Booker's approaches are telling.
Posted by Doctor Memory]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:02:45 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Max Solomon]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:49:00 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Seattle14]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:32:26 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by gloomy gus]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:17:24 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]>
"All hat and no cattle."
Posted by Doctor Memory]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:39:38 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by DOUG.]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:33:37 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Clara T]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:31:13 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by gloomy gus]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:10:19 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Max Solomon]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:00:11 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Seen Booker, knows Booker, hates Booker]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:58:46 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Booker is like some kind of Urban Superman that a Republican can vote for...I wish he'd switch sides!

From an appearance on Bill Maher:

"To me, the data should drive our decision making. So I know, I’m not afraid of people having guns who are law abiding citizens. In the analysis of gun murders and shootings in my city, I could only find one in the entire time I’ve been mayor – and unfortunately there have been hundreds and hundreds – where a person who was involved in a shooting where they had their gun legally, where they legally acquired their gun. The guns that are causing carnage in our cities, my city and our country, every single year are acquired illegally."


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Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:35:27 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Clara T]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:24:40 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by StuckInUtah]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:21:24 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]> Posted by Rotten666]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:16:19 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: A Clear Path for Booker]]>
Since I don't follow NJ politics that much I really don't have a favorite at this time.

I mostly like Booker but his comments about Obama and Bain Capitol (see #1) really irked me and I've read that he is really pro Wall Street. Of course I've also read that every politician in NJ is pro Wall Street and that he is fairly progressive. He has done a lot for marriage equality for instance.

Of course it would be good to have a black Democratic Senator since there is only one other black Senator and he's a crazy ultra conservative Republican. But I don't vote for candidates solely on race or gender and I'd rather have a white progressive than a black moderate.

The last time a Republican won was in 1972 so this seat is most likely going to be determined in the primary.

So, who knows?
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