Cory Booker‘s relationship with President Barack Obama has soured to the point that a top administration official says that the Newark mayor is “dead to us,” the New York Post reports.
Booker was trying to position himself for a cabinet position in Obama’s administration if the President wins a second term. But his chance was likely shot dead when he got diarrhea of the mouth on NBC news program “Meet The Press” on May 20.
Asked to appear on the show to be a “mouth piece” for Obama’s campaign, Booker went way off script criticizing the President over his attack ad on Mitt Romney‘s record at private-equity firm Bain Capital.
“I have to just say from a very personal level, I’m not about to sit here and indict private equity,” said Booker. “If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses.”
Obviously, Obama’s camp wasn’t please. Here is what happened next:
Almost immediately, top Obama aides were speed-dialing Booker, insisting he backpedal from his comments before returning to the Garden State. But the mayor wouldn’t do that.
Booker further enraged them by waiting until that night to post an online video that was neither cleared by the campaign nor acceptable to Obama strategists.
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