Newark Mayor and New Jersey's newly-minted United States Senator-Elect Cory Booker says he will continue his record of bipartisanship once he starts working in Washington.
"We [re]built New Jersey's biggest city Newark on bipartisanship," said the Senator-Elect this afternoon on CNN. Republican Governor Chris Christie "and I probably disagree on more stuff than we agree on. ... But the reality is this is my history. People said it couldn't be done and that the problems were too big. But we did it and I hope to join with others in Washington in a bipartisan spirit."
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Will Booker make a "big splash" in the Senate a la Rand Paul and Elizabeth Warren? Or will he choose a more "cautious" path, asked the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jonathan Tamari.
Booker will enter the chamber with assets few new senators enjoy: a national following, star-studded support, and a talent for theatrics. He's a dynamic figure with 1.4 million Twitter followers, cross-cultural appeal and is more well-known than most of his new peers. But after pitching himself as a single-handed force for change, Booker is joining an institution that over recent weeks has been a picture of snarled dysfunction.
It's also a body where newcomers are told to wait their turn, and where arcane rules, winding processes and unending roadblocks often chafe ex-mayors, governors and business leaders who are used to setting their own agenda - perhaps helping to explain why only nine of the 100 current senators have been mayors. ...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), a former mayor, said, "it's very, very different, and it takes a lot of adjustment."
Something tells me that Sen. Booker will do just fine. Watch the interview AFTER THE JUMP ...
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