Stephen Colbert: Guest Sen. Cory Booker Wants A Revival Of Civic Grace

[Rhiannon12866]

Presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker hopes to restore civic grace to politics, and says that 'tolerating' each other isn't a high enough bar.




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[CrossingTheRubicon]

1. What a great message!

I love Cory Booker.

Biden/Booker 2020!

[efhmc]

2. Nice to actually feel good after hearing a public official speak.

[Linda Ed]

3. Stop to think about this

If history is a guide, Democrats weighing who might be strongest against Trump would be wise to bet on someone fresh: a person outside the party mainstream who has a compelling agenda.

Not Joe Biden, who is offering a return to Obama; not Amy Klobuchar, peddling the illusion of bipartisan cooperation.

If history is any judge, the promise of incremental change and working across the aisle isn’t realism; it’s a pie-in-the-sky fantasy. Barack Obama ran as the great unifier. Republicans scorched him and vowed to make him a one term president..

We need a true populist, someone who is able to detail how Trump has betrayed the very workers he claims to serve and our country in which he has denigrated.

The two most recent challengers that beat incumbents—Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton—were relative newcomers to the national stage who offered new energy and ideas.

Stop and think about this... voters have chosen the fresh face over tried and tired politicians—Obama over Senator John McCain, a longtime creature of the Senate, and Trump over Hillary Clinton. If history is a guide, Democrats weighing who might be strongest against Trump would be wise to bet on someone fresh: a person outside the party mainstream who has a compelling agenda. JMHO

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I'm just fine with anyone who can beat Trump - though I sure hope he isn't still around by then

And I like all of our senators - though I'm conflicted since we really need their leadership in the Senate. The thing that we're desperately missing right now is someone - anyone - who knows what they're doing and has governmental and especially foreign policy experience. VP Biden fits that bill, but every single candidate so far - even the two I'm not familiar with yet - have to be a million times better than Trump!

[Capt. America]

4. He certainly presented him self well in this interview. I'm willing to keep listening. We'll see how

he does on the debate stage. However, I do believe that Bernie has the institutional advantage having a large fan base and being the runner up last time.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I like both Bernie and Elizabeth Warren a lot

And I agree that Cory Booker is also impressive in every interview I've seen. I'd gladly vote for any of our senatorial candidates, but I can't help thinking that we also desperately need their leadership in the Senate right now...