Cory Booker...good for NEWARK!!

I'm not into raising politicians to god-like stature, nor am I some idealistic moron in general (or am I?), nor do I spend a great deal of time in Newark...BUT...I've always been very thankful to have grown up a stone's throw from NJ's largest city, and I'm an endless believer of its great potential to restore itself to its pre-riot reputation and then some. I'd live and hang there if it truly became safe and hip downtown at night...HOW great would that be?! And every now and then, a politician comes around who I DO truly believe in to some degree. Cory Booker is one of those politicians. He's Ivy League-educated, ambitious as hell, and YOUNG. Real young. TOTALLY new blood for Newark. Very charismatic, too. You see my point, surely...everything about his election can ONLY be good for Newark. And WHAT an election! A genuine landslide and a clear mandate. More than 70% of the vote! Now a LOT has to be said for Sharpe James, corrupt or not, and what he's initiated. But Booker has a whole new energy and a whole new generation behind him. I'm excited! ME...excited about a politician's potential. How positively quaint.