Good for Booker getting that endorsement, though.

Cory Booker is a good man. And a much more genuine and sincere person than the woman who offered her endorsement. That is my opinion.

I don't think her endorsement is a big plus for Booker. She'd be better off staying out of it, unless she's trying to be on somebody's short list for VP.

Do you think Booker actually thought her endorsement was a good thing?

"Sen. Franken has said that he will be making an announcement about his political future tomorrow. The right thing is for him to resign." Bernie Sanders.

Shit! Sorry. Accidentally used a Sanders quote instead of a Gillibrand one.

Both are accurate.

... he understood that at that moment in time, anything he did or said to defend himself would create divisions that would be even deeper than they are today.

I think he did a great disservice to himself. Oddly enough, I think he did such a great disservice to himself because of how genuinely good of a person he is.

None of it matters. He resigned. We lost a great one. I've been over it since the day it happened. Doesn't mean I don't still have great appreciation and respect for the person he is.

Franken has been a huge positive for the team. Now that he is gone we have other players.

I wish Democrats would have rallied around Franken. Manchin is the only one I recall doing so. I wish Franken would have fought from the get go. He just kept telling people to wait. I can wish all I want but I understand what I witnessed. It was the railroading of a guy who was flat out too nice. Franken is the type of person who will go to war for your or I. I don't doubt that for a second. He is great like that. Making it about himself isn't his wheelhouse. That showed.

Booker as the Democratic candidate, as unlikely as that seems to be at this point, might be able to stand up to Trump in the debates better than some of the other prospects. He's got tons of integrity (o.K., there was a little issue with the pharmaceuticals lobby), he's highly educated, he's been through ruthless battles in his mayoral campaigns, as mayor of Newark he lived in a low income project to better empathize with his constituents in that rather poor city, and with him the city began to turn around. I'm not sure why he hasn't gotten much traction. Is it just that he's not terribly well known? I fear that a septuagenarian nominee (I'm over 70 by the way) might not give the appearance of a fresh, forward thinking party. Biden's slogan using the term "Malarkey" sounds awfully antiquated -even to me. Cory's young, smart, and savvy. Hope he can hang in there.

Don't get me wrong, I don't "dislike" your "Malarkey" part. I just think it's kind of funny that people don't think the younger generations don't know what it means and that people don't see the windfall of free plugs Biden and his team got for using the word. I see not a single negative yet some keep trying to spin it that way.

Love Booker.

But he just doesn't have the mojo. Anyone remember Martin O'Malley?