Street Fight, a documentary on the bruising 2002 Newark mayoral race. That’s the race that was lost by Obama-before-there-was-an-Obama Cory Booker, who used to be my polisci T.A. in college. Watch the trailer to see a political machine in action.
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07 July | 15:36 | Nicole
Just saw the tail end of this on PBS the other night. Man, was it good. Man, man, man.
07 July | 23:31 | Mr. Snitch!
It was very good. You might be interested in this breakdown:
Deconstructing 'Street Fight': Why some insurgent candidacies take hold, while others fail
http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2005/07/deconstructing-street-fight-why-some.html
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