There are apparently not enough moderate Democrats to go around
New York establishment Democrats mull over Mamdani charm offensive
New York Democrats cool to their party’s Big Apple mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani are weighing their options as the 33-year-old progressive makes his own pitch to centrists that they should back him.
The Democratic establishment has been looking for alternatives, but none really satisfy.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced an independent run after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, but a number of Democrats who spoke to The Hill have doubts he can win. Some also haven’t forgotten past Cuomo controversies.
Incumbent Eric Adams is also running as an independent, but he has had a scandal-tarred career and his tilting toward MAGA and Trump World hasn’t won him too many friends in the Democratic establishment.
Obviously, Cuomo is a terrible person. Democrats caused Adams to move a bit toward Trump World after Democrats went after Adams with their lawfare. Don’t forget, Mamdani won that ranked-choice closed primary with pretty low turnout.
Political observers say there aren’t enough moderates to go around for one — let alone two candidates — and if the establishment wants to prevail, either Adams or Cuomo should exit the race.
“You can’t have multiple alternatives,” said Grant Reeher, the director of Syracuse University’s Campbell Public Affairs Institute. “I just don’t see any way that Mamdani doesn’t win unless one of these folks drops out.”
“If I was a Democratic strategist for the whole party in New York City, and I commanded authority, I would put Adams and Cuomo in a room, and I would say, ‘You guys are going to flip a coin,’” he added.
Even if there were moderates in the Democrat party, it’s rather too late. Interestingly, with Adams out Cuomo leads the race over Mamdani and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani will be even more of a nightmare than wackadoodle Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He may claim he’s a socialist like her and her DSA friends, but, he’s really a stealth Islamist, who hates Israel, hates Jews, and hates America. He supports Islamic extremism. If he wins the Jews will leave NYC along with all the rich folks who create businesses and jobs. Who donate to all sorts of charities in NYC.
There is, of course, always the city council who can put the kibosh on Mamdani and his extremist agenda. Will they? Or will they turn NYC into Islamist London?
Of Mamdani, Mr teach screeches:
Mr Mamdani is a Muslim, hated by conservatives for that alone. Opposing Israel’s actions is not anti-Semitic.
And “hates America”? LOL
Seems ED is having another “Queers for Palestine” moment (for those of you who went to public school, it’s equivalent to “Chickens for KFC.”) Because the left is learning-impaired, they will always act shocked and surprised when their Muslim “pets” turn on them, like they did in Hamtramck.
Keep playing with your “pets”, ED. Watching someone receive a well-earned Darwin award never fails to entertain.
Mr FP will be surprised when he experiences the first “Patriots for Trump” moment.
You do not matter to a fascist like trump unless you show absolute fealty. It’s how he keeps his cultists in line.
He attacked Gabbard for telling the truth about Iran nuke program. Now she’s leading his “Get Obama, Clinton” pogrom. She learned.
Regarding Hamtramck MI, there are always problems when religious fundamentalists dominate. Fortunately, we have safeguards in our state and federal Constitutions and Courts.
MAGAts like FP are staunch believers in the oppression of minorities, Muslims, Blacks, LGBTQs, Hispanics…
The majority of violent crimes in America are committed by white males, likely Christian!!
I like how, when you’ve been cornered, you lash out all over the place, spewing nonsense in every direction. It’s like you’re trying to flood the zone, but you just can’t execute.
It’s very funny. But also sad in a way.
LOL. Mr FP, when running out of ‘arguments’, repeats the nonsense that Muslims will start beheading Americans who believe in Constitutional guarantees.
It’s not funny at all, but is predictable for a Muslim-hater like Mr FP.
We get it. You like to fight.
Wait, you’re saying hatred is wrong?
If so, then sit down. Calling conservatives and Trump supporters “MAGAts” is hateful rhetoric.
And if not, then you have no basis on which to condemn others for hatred.
Didn’t think this one through, did you?
Poor little MAGAt. We’ll try to spare your feelings.
Just as I thought – you don’t think hatred is wrong.
Which just goes to show that, once again, you’re full of it — and clueless, to boot, which explains why you sit there with your thumb up your massive backside, wondering why your precious Democrats keep losing.
Democrats invented rank choice voting so they could cheat. Looks like their deception is going to cost them big time.
“Majority of violent crimes..”
Actually, homicides, which would be a violent crime, are called committed more by blacks at about 52% of the total, while only being 13% of the population. On a per capita basis, blacks again commit most of the violent crimes. 2019 stats show black violent crime at a little over half the number that whites commit, but whites are at 63%, blacks at 13% of the population