An article on Buzzfeed about Booker: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/cory-booker-is-building-a-2020-campaign-thats-just-like-him
The article is mostly about his background and personal style. It’s light on the issues, except for his work in the area of criminal justice.
There’s a passage addressing his positioning within the party:
Booker views his own 2020 lane as most closely in line with the one that Sen. Kamala Harris or Rep. Beto O’Rourke might occupy, according to people in his orbit. He is not, he knows, an heir apparent to the voters who’ve historically gravitated to progressive icons like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. (Notably, Sanders advisers do not describe Booker with skepticism: The Vermont senator, they’ve said, not only likes Booker but views him as a man who has the potential to inspire on the stump.)
“Our engagement with Cory has been like his record — a bit of a mixed bag,” said Charles Chamberlain, the executive director of Democracy for America, a progressive organization that works closely with senators like Warren, Sanders, and Oregon’s Jeff Merkley. “Cory Booker’s staff has engaged with us from time to time, but of the progressive champions in our movement, he’s one of the least to reach out.”
My main takeaway from the article is that Booker is probably running. Among the many other Senators who are reported to be considering a bid (e.g., Brown, Gillibrand, Merkley, Warren), I haven’t heard that much about their preparatory work, the only exception being Harris. (The two possible candidates with high name recognition, Joe Biden and Bernie, can be more relaxed at this stage about making their decisions.)
