Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, has taken a turn in the national spin cycle of select sound bites. And he says he has had all he can stand. What put him over the edge? The Republican National Committee’s Web-site with...
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Cory Booker
Booker ‘Can’t Stand No More’
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President Barack Obama during a press conference on the second day of the NATO Summit in Chicago on May 21, 2012.
Obama to Romney: ‘You’re Missing What This Job is About’
This was an answer waiting for a question. The president got the question: ”Mr. President, could you give us your sense of just what private equity’s role is in stemming job losses as they seek a return on investment for...
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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker.
Why Cory Booker is Private Equity’s Unlikely BFF
Henry Kravis and Steve Schwarzman should be scribbling thank you notes to Cory Booker today. The Newark mayor ignited a campaign firestorm over the weekend, calling for a stop to attacks on private equity, going so far as to call them “nauseating” and...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker
Booker, Obama, Romney and Bain
It probably didn’t help President Obama’s re-election campaign that — on the eve of its release of a Web-video attacking Mitt Romney’s record on jobs at Bain Capital — one of Obama’s best point-men would denounce this sort of tactic...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, at the Vanity Fair/Bloomberg White House Correspondents' Association dinner after-party.
Christie Puts Humor Out Front This Week
Chris Christie, New Jersey’s Republican governor, is known for slashing budgets and memorable lines like his admonishment to “get the hell off the beach!” as Hurricane Irene approached last summer. He’s gone on the humor offensive this week. Christie’s press...
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