Great work as always. I agree with just about everything, particularly about Eli in AD-69. He is a great candidate, and I’m disturbed about the pacs spending against him. One small semi correction about NY 12, the hot mess of a primary that is probably going to force me to move to Brooklyn: Last night after the forum at SWFS, Jack Schlossberg said that he he condemns “the protest and it's violent or antisemitic rhetoric,” but adds, “I don't think that a land sale for real estate that is in violation of international law should be happening in the house of worship.” https://x.com/jacobkornbluh/status/2052202794006753529?s=46
As usual, thoughtful and incredibly well researched… M not fighting for “his Speaker” has certainly come back to haunt him and his flip-flop on mayoral control and a selecting a drab school chancellor has lost teachers and parents. If Hochel is not generous and his budget woes lead to drastic cuts the media will trash him … a very interesting two months ahead … he could be a savior or watch the city blame him for all the ills… it’s not the SDA elected he needs the power brokers, maybe a negative term, they still run the city
Keith Wright and Nico Minerva have held the wall for now, but nobody should confuse holding with winning the war. Mamdani and the DSA wing are not going away. They are probing weak spots, testing districts, recruiting insurgents, and trying to turn Manhattan into the next socialist beachhead. The establishment still has clubs, unions, judges, donors, and ballot muscle. But Mamdani has energy, renters, young voters, and ideological discipline. That is dangerous. Boylan’s defeat was a setback for the left, not a burial. The real test is whether the old guard can keep organizing—or whether it slowly gets outflanked.
One point to add: for people who have their door knocked, whether Zohran officially endorses DSA candidates or not may be immaterial. You can be sure almost all canvassers are saying their candidate is "a Zohran-type candidate" and voters are hearing it. Indeed, it turbocharges canvassing effectiveness, because those many times when you only get 30 seconds used to always be a 3, but now, it's SOP to go to that line, and it's often an immediate 1.
Mamdani's super powers (much like Trump's) are transferrable to candidates who actually have a shot at winning and are good candidates. Lindsey Boylan picked the wrong opponent. Carl Wilson is an extremely good candidate. Carl was always going to be hard to beat especially since Erik Bottcher received like 94% of the City Council District 3 vote 6 months ago. I suspect the goal was the keep out the others. Zohran can see the votes from the election he won. Zohran knew Lindsey would likely lose. I think the pundit class wants to make it a story but the truth is no one cares that much.
Great stuff. Really valuable run down as always.
Great work as always. I agree with just about everything, particularly about Eli in AD-69. He is a great candidate, and I’m disturbed about the pacs spending against him. One small semi correction about NY 12, the hot mess of a primary that is probably going to force me to move to Brooklyn: Last night after the forum at SWFS, Jack Schlossberg said that he he condemns “the protest and it's violent or antisemitic rhetoric,” but adds, “I don't think that a land sale for real estate that is in violation of international law should be happening in the house of worship.” https://x.com/jacobkornbluh/status/2052202794006753529?s=46
As usual, thoughtful and incredibly well researched… M not fighting for “his Speaker” has certainly come back to haunt him and his flip-flop on mayoral control and a selecting a drab school chancellor has lost teachers and parents. If Hochel is not generous and his budget woes lead to drastic cuts the media will trash him … a very interesting two months ahead … he could be a savior or watch the city blame him for all the ills… it’s not the SDA elected he needs the power brokers, maybe a negative term, they still run the city
Great article. Love the flow, and each point along the way is well argued.
Are you listening Morris?
Keith Wright and Nico Minerva have held the wall for now, but nobody should confuse holding with winning the war. Mamdani and the DSA wing are not going away. They are probing weak spots, testing districts, recruiting insurgents, and trying to turn Manhattan into the next socialist beachhead. The establishment still has clubs, unions, judges, donors, and ballot muscle. But Mamdani has energy, renters, young voters, and ideological discipline. That is dangerous. Boylan’s defeat was a setback for the left, not a burial. The real test is whether the old guard can keep organizing—or whether it slowly gets outflanked.
One point to add: for people who have their door knocked, whether Zohran officially endorses DSA candidates or not may be immaterial. You can be sure almost all canvassers are saying their candidate is "a Zohran-type candidate" and voters are hearing it. Indeed, it turbocharges canvassing effectiveness, because those many times when you only get 30 seconds used to always be a 3, but now, it's SOP to go to that line, and it's often an immediate 1.
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Mamdani's super powers (much like Trump's) are transferrable to candidates who actually have a shot at winning and are good candidates. Lindsey Boylan picked the wrong opponent. Carl Wilson is an extremely good candidate. Carl was always going to be hard to beat especially since Erik Bottcher received like 94% of the City Council District 3 vote 6 months ago. I suspect the goal was the keep out the others. Zohran can see the votes from the election he won. Zohran knew Lindsey would likely lose. I think the pundit class wants to make it a story but the truth is no one cares that much.