Poll: Booker Leads Sen. Lautenberg Among N.J. Voters

Mayor Cory Booker (pictured left) & Sen. Frank Lautenberg

Of course, Booker Rising is on Team Booker in his all-but-official U.S. Senate bid! From the Newark Star-Ledger, about the moderate-liberal Democratic politician: "The [Quinnipiac University] poll of 1,647 voters also found that Newark Mayor Cory Booker leads Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) by 21 points in a potential head-to-head match up in the 2014 Democratic Senate primary, and that most voters think Lautenberg’s age — he turns 89 today — is a liability."

More: "In the potential Senate primary, Booker leads Lautenberg 51 percent to 30 percent. And while 50 percent of voters approve of Lautenberg’s job performance, a plurality — 45 percent — think he does not deserve to be re-elected. Seventy-one percent think Lautenberg’s age 'might make it too difficult for him to do the work required of a US Senator.' Twenty-one percent think his age 'helps him have the experience and wisdom to do a good job as a US Senator.'"