They must campaign in poetry

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding on Aug. 9 in Clear Lake, Iowa. (John Locher/AP) Then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo famously said , “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Unfortunately, too many of the Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning in prose — or, worse, in laundry lists.

You saw the divide in campaign style all last week. Former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) gave big, sweeping speeches throwing down the gauntlet on white nationalism and providing a presidential-level vision of unity and common purpose. They both […]

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