With the longest speech in Senate history, Sen. Cory Booker actually managed to accomplish one thing that Democrats have struggled to do all this year: Delaying Republicans — even temporarily — from making progress on their agenda.
Now Democrats are saying they want to adopt more tactics like Booker’s record-breaking talkathon.
“Democrats and the pundit class have gotten very fussy about what is the exact right way to do the fighting,” Sen. Brian Schatz said. “I think what people want to see is some fights. They’re not sure exactly how they want us to fight, but they want us to take a few swings. And that’s what Cory is doing.”