Political rule number 1: Don’t take a selfie with Bozo the Clown. Your opponents will use it forever in political ads.

Political rule number 2: Don’t call yourself Spartacus. You will be ridiculed today, tomorrow, and forever.
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The only thing worse than pulling a poorly planned and horribly executed political stunt is doubling down on your failure when everyone knows you’ve failed. Sen. Cory Booker should know.

Thursday, Sen. Booker claimed he was intentionally breaking Senate Committee rules by improperly releasing confidential documents, leading to thorough, justified, and humiliating...

As Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings continue, Democrat desperation is reaching a fever pitch.

In a last-ditch effort to spoil the inevitable confirmation, Democrats are claiming Kavanaugh’s ascension to the bench will leave women, especially minority women, without birth control.
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God bless Senator Cornyn. He’s a perpetually undervalued member of the upper chamber.

Thursday, during Day 3 of the dog and pony show we’re calling a Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (junior Democrat Senator from New Jersey) used his time to say he would knowingly and purposely release confidential...

Senator Cory Booker appeared at the Netroots 2018 conference.

Netroots is the annual gathering of far-left (“progressive”) activists. For presidential hopefuls hoping to generate buzz among the base, Netroots is a must. This year Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Cory Booker were among the speakers.

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Following Hillary Clinton’s second failed attempt to win the presidency, a few leftwing pundits ventured the opinion that the Democratic Party should reconsider putting all of its eggs in the identity politics basket.  That didn’t last long, however, and the left clumsily embraced “intersectionality” in the form of #TheResistance.

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Cory Booker’s shameless gambit of launching his presidential bid by attacking Jeff Sessions has really gotten under this Insurrectionist’s skin. From my Quick Hit of this morning: “I reckon he earned the scorn of many of his fellow Dems for his transparent ploy.”

And so it was gratifying to get confirmation this morning...

New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker made “history” today by testifying against a fellow Senator — Jeff Sessions — in a confirmation hearing. I noted yesterday that This must mean Cory Booker is running for President in 2020

This was the first time such Senator against Senator testimony had ever happened. Booker...

Does it get more craven than Cory Booker securing his place in history by becoming the first Senator ever to testify against a fellow Senator during confirmation hearing?

It should happen on Wednesday.

Are there not enough people already calling Sessions names that Booker has to add his voice?

CNN reports:

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This has been a particularly troubling week for Democrats’ bad behavior on display for the public.

First, as Professor Jacobson reported yesterday, a plagiarizing national Democrat politician had to step aside (no, not Joe Biden). But Walsh is just the tip of the iceberg for Democrats this week.

Probably the most shocking...

Republican Steve Lonegan is running against Cory Booker in the Senate race in New Jersey.

This story is linked at Drudge, but the Drudge link doesn’t have the video.

Here it is:

The press is mostly quiet about it. What if the roles were reversed?

T-Bone could not be reached for comment.