NJ politics is almost as crooked as Illinois.
But just because someone has Goldman Sachs on their resume doesn't make them evil. Credit default swaps was only a small part of what they do. Investment banking is not a bad thing and millions of companies rely on large investment houses.
Having said that shame on Corey Booker. We know Menendez is a POS with no future past the Senate (maybe even prison) but Booker is supposedly the future of the Dems and already raising money in Iowa. Why he wouldn't hold out and wait to endorse is strange.