Cory Booker is Batman

Newark Mayor Cory Booker displays what makes him a leader of men, when he fights off his own security detail and faces down flames and smoke to save his neighbor from a burning building.

1. Newark mayor rushes into burning home to save neighbor - CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
   

   He makes a great point in downplaying hails of him as a hero that there are guys who do this every day, who signed up to do it, and that he was only doing what any neighbor would have done. Ignore the mislabel, the video link is to the Booker story. Booker recounts for CNN the events of Thursday night and you get a sense of just how bad that scene was.  They could have died.

   
   
2. Video From CNN - Cory Booker Recounts Rescue
   

   I think the hero label is warranted.  While there are people who signed up to do this every day, Booker wasn't one of them.  He's not been trained to face down flames and smoke. He didn't know what to do in there.  He just knew there was somebody in there who needed help and that was all he really needed to know to take action.  If I lived in Newark, he'd get my re-election vote.