No doubt he's run a great campaign so far, but I remain fairly convinced that he's a high floor-low ceiling candidate whose support is capped at a level not substantial enough to win the race. I don't think we've seen him take many hits yet (both from other candidates and from stories in the media), but they will undoubtedly come, and wh…
No doubt he's run a great campaign so far, but I remain fairly convinced that he's a high floor-low ceiling candidate whose support is capped at a level not substantial enough to win the race. I don't think we've seen him take many hits yet (both from other candidates and from stories in the media), but they will undoubtedly come, and whether you agree with them or not on the substance, he certainly has many things that could be perceived as vulnerabilities. My guess is there is a waiting game going on, until this election increases in salience closer to June. I will be interested to see if and how other candidates employ an RCV strategy with him. I could see some avoiding it due to worries about getting tarred with his views, and others seeing it as a big boost to get a seal of approval for left/arab/south asian voters. Will be particularly interesting to see how Lander navigates this.
As an aside, I wonder how many of the "transplant" class - who you seem to indicate may be connecting most with his campaign and policy platform so far - actually live in rent stabilized housing.
No doubt he's run a great campaign so far, but I remain fairly convinced that he's a high floor-low ceiling candidate whose support is capped at a level not substantial enough to win the race. I don't think we've seen him take many hits yet (both from other candidates and from stories in the media), but they will undoubtedly come, and whether you agree with them or not on the substance, he certainly has many things that could be perceived as vulnerabilities. My guess is there is a waiting game going on, until this election increases in salience closer to June. I will be interested to see if and how other candidates employ an RCV strategy with him. I could see some avoiding it due to worries about getting tarred with his views, and others seeing it as a big boost to get a seal of approval for left/arab/south asian voters. Will be particularly interesting to see how Lander navigates this.
As an aside, I wonder how many of the "transplant" class - who you seem to indicate may be connecting most with his campaign and policy platform so far - actually live in rent stabilized housing.