Newsmax article- obama camp- cory Booker is a dead man

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2. Obama Camp: Cory Booker Is a Dead Man
Newark Mayor Cory Booker torpedoed his hopes for a Cabinet post by publicly assailing President Obama’s attacks against Mitt Romney’s former private equity firm Bain Capital.
“He’s dead to us,” an administration officials said of the prevailing feelings at the White House, the New York Post reported.
Booker was reportedly under consideration for “the housing secretary gig” in a second Obama administration, according to the Post.
Then came his May 20 appearance on “Meet the Press,” when he complained that Obama’s attacks on Romney’s record at Bain were “nauseating” and made him “very uncomfortable.”
“I’m not about to indict private equity,” he told the national TV audience. “If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses.”
Obama’s aides asked him to “backpedal” on his comments, according to the Post. Instead, he went on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show the following night to talk about his comments without first consulting the Obama team.
“Booker threw even more fuel on the fire when he made it look as if he had been ordered to retract his comments,” the Post reported.
“That was the final nail,” a Democratic source told the Post. “It’s like, ‘You’re dead and done. The firing squad is out.’”
Another source observed: “What he did was undermine a leading argument for the campaign. It was a serious distraction. He is trying to figure out how to work his way back into the fold.”