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?
Read: New York Democrats Wonder What To Do About Socialist/Islamist Mamdani »
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