10/1 Quote Of The Day: First Meeting

"I will never forget sitting down and listening to him about his ideas for this country. About how great we when we come together. We talked about complicated problems, from health care to crime and violence in inner cities....I’m so proud that that guy who I knew in 2004 and 2005 who was my friend first is now my president....I’m proud that in the worst storm in our history, he has kept his moral compass straight." — Cory Booker, Newark, N.J. mayor and moderate-liberal Democrat, on meeting then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama in 2004 through mutual friends