Courting Black Support, Booker and Harris Pitch Differing Economic Plans
“As income inequality becomes an increasingly central issue in the Democratic primary, the plans offered by Mr. Booker and Ms. Harris are a microcosm of the larger competition between two Democrats who have long been vying for similar sources of support. As the leading African-American candidates in the race, they are waging a primary within the primary for the right to claim a valuable prize: recognition as the consensus choice of black voters, donors and community leaders in a crowded Democratic field.”