I would put Booker's performance between effective and ineffective. It is effective because he is stirring up the electorate and filling his campaign coffers. But this stunt is not as effective as objecting to unanimous consent or making a quorum call, which have true power to obstruct.
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Josh Chafetz
There are good performances and bad ones; effective and ineffective ones. But there's no escaping performativity in social interactions, including political interactions.
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