the private sector. and he came and said, look, we are going to turn this around, and he did so with a coalition that predated obama s coalition in 2008. cory booker did this in 02 before we heard in obama in 04. sea i h he said let s put this into new work. if you support me, you support newark. i think that s a message that resonates. if you see what s happening in detroit, philadelphia, in baltimore, across the country you are seeing you could see where people have said we re going to sort of put this city, this community back in the community s hands, and that s a kind of message that i think resonates across the country. robert, i have met cory booker. i have interviewed him, and he is one of the most charismatic, engaging, energetic politicians i have ever met. i have long been saying i am jealous the democrats have
think of booker. for years a tremendous amount of talent and tremendous amount of wealth bring incredible people that do incredible work in the community. when he became mayor, he took a lot of this support that he got which was diverse, a coalition that we saw two years before we really knew him on national stage. if you support me, support newark. that was like a good sort of model for what s happening across the country. voters will really dig into that. susan, the liability for booker right now, republicans blast out e-mails right now suggesting that he did not do a good job. they re saying he s not someone that gets things done. republicans can say whatever they want. the issue is he s running in a democratic primary and what would potentially concern republicans as the party nominee
that. i know that i can answer the call of what i believe my country is right now, leadership is going to bring us together and not rip us apart. you are watching cory booker, he s running for president because he leabelieves in us. there he is in newark. joining me now republican strategist and our former executive director, democratic party, bosel, i appreciate both of you guys being with us. bosel, we start with you, this democratic field is diverse and it is big and it keeps on growing right now. what s the lane for cory booker? how does he carve out a unique lane for himself? it is an interesting time for cory, i remember when he was running in 2002. i think of the bronx when i
grace and less judgment and more hard work to find common ground and do things that other people on the planet earth don t think we can do. we are a nation that leads, we got to get back to doing that together. i am happy to answer any questions you all want. i am grateful, seriously grateful to have you all in newark. for those of you only passing through our airport, take some time downtown to see the new building we built and hotels and the new super market that we put in place and schools that ranks us as number one in america for hyp hyp high performances. my old friends. you never invited me to my house. after this, i will tell you to get off mily lawn. most democrats i talked to are skeptical of your message of
that was a very sad thing for this country. the president went on denying any involvement with stone or wikileaks along with any wrong doing during the development of trump tower moscow, there is news breaking at this hour. we ll talk about roger stone. the latest candidate on the democratic side running for president, here he is in new york, cory booker. my career started in politics with a bunch of tenant leaders who perhaps, i got my b.a. from stanford but my phd from the streets of newark. they believe it was a best way to make a difference in this neighborhood. life is about purpose and not position and i stay to the t purpose that brought me into politics. it is a map of this neighborhood that sits behind me on my desk to focus on the folks that took