Morning Examiner: Booker’s Bungle

Published May 21, 2012 4:00am ET



How much damage did Newark Mayor Cory Booker do to President Obama’s reelection campaign on Meet the Press yesterday? It is still far too early to tell, but judging from the swift reaction of Obama’s campaign, Chicago must view the potential damage to be huge.

The fun started on Sunday when David Gregory asked Booker to defend the Obama campaign ads attacking Romney over his tenure at Bain Capital. Booker responded:

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