Cory Booker has a long history of employing unorthodox solutions to solve pressing problems. Booker, 36, a Stanford, Yale, and Oxford educated Rhodes Scholar is preparing for his second electoral battle possibly against 20-year incumbent Newark Mayor, Sharpe James. James, who has yet to announce his intentions of whether he will seek a sixth term, defeated Booker by a narrow margin in the 2002 mayoral contest.

The symbolism of the potential bout runs deep: The city