Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker’s meteoric rise as a Democratic superstar was slowed last month when slipped up by revealing the truth — that he thought the Obama campaign’s attacks on Bain Capital were inappropriate. Booker was momentarily benched as a top surrogate for the president, and in his absence, a new big-city mayor is stepping up on Obama’s behalf: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
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