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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Feb 9, 2019, 09:44 PM Feb 2019

Cory Booker says having 'run something' distinguishes him in pack

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker says having been a big city mayor distinguishes him from his rivals for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

Asked during a campaign stop in Marshalltown, Iowa, what separates him from fellow Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, he said it's that he's "run something."

Booker was mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013 before being elected to the U.S. Senate. He says the experience running a troubled urban center during a financial crisis would help him as president.

Harris, a senator from California, was attorney general of her state for eight years before her 2016 election to the Senate. Warren, a Massachusetts senator, was a law school professor and a leading advocate for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before entering the Senate.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/booker-says-having-run-something-distinguishes-him-in-pack/ar-BBTnHVm?li=BBnb7Kz

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Cory Booker says having 'run something' distinguishes him in pack (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
He has a point exboyfil Feb 2019 #1
There's a reason that we've had more governors than senators elected president in the last 50 years EffieBlack Feb 2019 #2
I view him as a non-starter..n/t monmouth4 Feb 2019 #3

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
1. He has a point
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 10:00 PM
Feb 2019

Executive experience in important. Governor, mayor of large city, and higher rank military officer allows the exercise of important skills necessary for the President. The AG of a large state probably has a large staff as well, but it is not the same thing.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
2. There's a reason that we've had more governors than senators elected president in the last 50 years
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 10:22 PM
Feb 2019

Executive experience has its advantages.

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