Cory Booker says he won’t run for president in 2016. And we believe him … sort of.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker said Thursday that he won't, under any circumstances, run for president in 2016. “
. A quick look back in history shows any number of candidates who said they absolutely wouldn't run for president only to reconsider later.
The most famous example is, of course, the current occupant of the White House who flatly told NBC's Tim Russert in January 2006 he would not run for president in 2008. "I will serve out my full six-year term," Obama said. "You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things, but my thinking has not changed.'