NY Times: "Can New Yorkers really take a chance on a mayor who hasn't been publicly disgraced?"
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I mean, yes, the guy who got the brakes beat off him in the primary generally is going to have a "tough climb" against the person who won... that's how it works
What do you mean climb? Cuomo is on a slide, he's not climbing anywhere
No one can stop my boy Mumdani. The entire Democratic establishment will break themselves upon this rock
Let me introduce you to the sarcastic quote concept lol
Let me introduce you to the concept of riffing lol
Ha, fair enough, my bad
He's not losing, he's just italian.
The larger issue is he's a nepo baby who doesn't understand why his dad's last name doesn't mean he inherently wins elections. His behaviour in Albany didn't help his cause, but his entire campaign seems to be "pay no attention to anything I've provably done, just 'Cuomo' ... we all like Cuomo, don't we folks?"
Why have a primary?
So we can hassle the progressive candidate to get back in their corner and shut up when the establishment person wins our rigged primary. Obviously.
I guess they vote blue no matter who.