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Progressives Hate the Idea of The Plutocratic Sen. Cory Booker

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CORY BOOKER LOOKS poised to become Senator in this fall’s special election in New Jersey, a feat that would make the high-profile Newark mayor only the fourth black person elected to the Senate. So why are there so many raspberries coming from the left after last night’s primary win? Because he “is loathed by some progressives in a way that’s only now being noticed,” writes David Weigel at Slate.

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