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Booker Takes On Biden in Bid to Break Through Crowded Field

Associated Press

   In nearly six months as a Democratic presidential candidate, Cory
   Booker has billed himself as many things: He's both an optimist leading
   with "radical love" and a fighter against political machines. He's both
   a supporter of "Medicare for All" and an advocate for more incremental
   health care policies that preserve the private insurance industry.

   As the New Jersey senator prepares for a pivotal turn in the spotlight
   at next week's debate, he's trying on a new role: Joe Biden's chief
   antagonist.

   Ahead of an expected showdown in Detroit, Booker is blasting the former
   vice president as "an architect of mass incarceration." Speaking to the
   National Urban League on Thursday, he assailed rivals whom he portrayed
   as latecomers to the fight against "structural inequality and
   institutional racism" -- implying, without mentioning Biden's name,
   that his opponent had embraced criminal justice reform to further his
   presidential candidacy.

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