Cory Booker, rock-star mayor and Twitter maven, took center stage at a political fundraiser—though his usual rhetorical fireworks were replaced with well-worn metaphors and a nod to The Tonight Show spat with Conan O’Brien. As New Jersey’s political heavyweights, including Jon Corzine, gathered, Booker balanced party loyalty with his signature blend of pop culture and literary references. Meanwhile, his 2010 mayoral challenger, Clifford Minor, remains unimpressed, urging Booker to ditch Twitter and focus on Newark’s problems.