WSJ Reporter: Booker Was Never the Top Choice for Anyone

KING With me in ░░░░░░░░ studio to show their ░░░░░░░░ and their insights Seung ░░░░░░░░ Kim with The Washington ░░░░░░░░ Olivier Knox with SiriusXM ░░░░░░░░ Parti with The Wall ░░░░░░░░ Journal and CNN s ░░░░░░░░ Collins Let s just ░░░░░░░░ quickly on Booker To ░░░░░░░░ s point the polls ░░░░░░░░ t show everything He ░░░░░░░░ struggling let s not ░░░░░░░░ it Let s not ░░░░░░░░ it But he was ░░░░░░░░ Iowa hard and in ░░░░░░░░ race where you have ░░░░░░░░ our latest poll four ░░░░░░░░ essentially tied within a ░░░░░░░░ or two of each ░░░░░░░░ if you ve got ░░░░░░░░ who has maybe only ░░░░░░░░ or three four people ░░░░░░░░ in the polls but ░░░░░░░░ people a lot of ░░░░░░░░ are good established Iowa ░░░░░░░░ organizers people who can ░░░░░░░░ you in the room ░░░░░░░░ caucus night The next ░░░░░░░░ hours 48 hours are ░░░░░░░░ to be pretty fierce ░░░░░░░░ try to get them ░░░░░░░░ That s right For ░░░░░░░░ Cory Booker had been ░░░░░░░░ as this sort of ░░░░░░░░ who could pull off ░░░░░░░░ surprise on caucus night ░░░░░░░░ started organizing early he ░░░░░░░░ racked up endorsements But ░░░░░░░░ was just not materializing ░░░░░░░░ polls don t reflect ░░░░░░░░ but they weren t ░░░░░░░░ giving an indication of ░░░░░░░░ or not that could ░░░░░░░░ for him He was ░░░░░░░░ the latest poll polling ░░░░░░░░ Andrew Yang So a ░░░░░░░░ of campaigns are going ░░░░░░░░ be making the case ░░░░░░░░ his organizers to those ░░░░░░░░ endorsers to try to ░░░░░░░░ them on their side ░░░░░░░░ Jeff was pointing out ░░░░░░░░ second choice really matters ░░░░░░░░ Iowa and when I ░░░░░░░░ to voters in the ░░░░░░░░ they always brought up ░░░░░░░░ name kind of below ░░░░░░░░ second or the third ░░░░░░░░ He was never the ░░░░░░░░ choice for anyone It ░░░░░░░░ be interesting to see ░░░░░░░░ those people who were ░░░░░░░░ of considering him kind ░░░░░░░░ end up in all ░░░░░░░░ this.”