Frank Rich, New York Magazine
As everyone now knows, Newark Mayor Cory Booker broke rank on Meet the Press last Sunday, saying that the Obama campaign's attacks on Romney's Bain record were a "nauseating" distraction from the real issues. (Booker did not specify what those “real issues” were.) Why'd he do that?I hope no one is nauseated if I suggest that this was idle self-promotion on Booker’s part. His message was: I am the reasonable, above-the-fray, bipartisan statesman who will deign to serve as the adult in the room while the two presidential campaigns throw...