Photo: Ruven Afanador Anyone who thinks it's nothing but teeth-grinding paranoia and rank misery in Washington these days hasn't been to the office of New Jersey senator Cory Booker. These people are happy . Indeed, his staff are some of the cheeriest, nicest people you could ever hope to meet. When I arrive on a hot, swampy morning just before Labor Day weekend, I am greeted with hugs and candy. An exuberant woman in a dashiki sits at reception. Kristin Lynch, the press secretary, greets me — okay, hugs me — and takes me to Booker's office, where we say hello to his chief of staff, Matt Klapper, who also hugs me. Booker has not hugged me yet, but give him time. A young staffer comes in and hands Booker a brown-paper bag and tells him she managed to "score the last three" in the cafeteria. From the look of joy on his face, I imagine a bag of cheeseburgers, but, alas, it's just celery and carrot sticks in plastic deli containers. (Booker is a vegan.) He opens one up and munches on a carrot. Booker drags two red wingback chairs so they're facing each other and sits down with… Read full this story
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