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Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

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Democrats say the historic display was the jolt of energy their base needed, acknowledging that it’s what voters want to see from their party.
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Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the State Supreme Court yesterday, maintaining the court's four-three liberal majority.
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To forestall the call of nature, Booker stopped eating on Friday, and refrained from drinking on Sunday evening, a full 24 hours before he started speaking.
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