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Samuel Lipson's avatar

As an avowed leftist and card-carrying member of the DSA, I will never understand the elements of the online left that take issue with every concession Zohran makes, large or small.

He may be popular, personally. His policies may be popular. More popular than just about anyone else in the nation. But even figures like him will end up on an island if they burn all the bridges, and in the grand scheme of things, olive branches to the police and rhetorical changes are hardly the worst things he could concede in service of social welfare, opposing billionaires and bigotry, and accomplishing big-picture SocDem ideas

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The Green Beret's avatar

think of it like a bully, you give an inch. Will they stop there? By the way this is a moderate telling you this....

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Nicolette Suberska's avatar

Please - you’re making me cry tears of joy in the middle of the work day 😭

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Goodman Peter's avatar

Merryl Tisch is one the most powerful women in the city, and her daughter Jessica is very popular ..

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Paul Werner's avatar

In re: Spencer Cox, the Governor of Utah. Can't have it both ways. Can't simultaneously denounce the "radical leftist ideology" that supposed drove Tyler Robinson and then turn around and argue that the solution lies in going out into the world and meeting people with different opinions--some of whom might just turn out to be the radical leftists (read: Democrats) that are supposed to have been such a bad influence.

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Kirk Fernandes's avatar

Need him to cross 50%+, that's the entry point. We need no second-guessing, full steam ahead.

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Goodman Peter's avatar

From campaigning to governing is a humongous step, from “freeze the rent” to actually making NYC more affordable is, to say the least challenging.

Will Zohan surround himself with DSA bros or managers and technocrats who can run the city. Announcing Jessica Tisch is continuing as PC is essential, symbolism matters.

His transition team should reflect “the best and the brightest,” getting out of the gate flying, not stumbling is essential…

Education has become a pool for high $$ patronage appointments, and with mayoral control hanging in the balance, an opportunity and a deep bottomless pit .. turning campaigning into governing has eluded mayors….

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Paul Werner's avatar

How about DSA technocrats? It's not like there haven't been competent Socialists before.

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Mike Johnson's avatar

I think he should make a high-ranking officer from the Bangladeshi Officers Association his Police Commissioner. A real police officer would be more symbolic than an administrator.

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mcsvbff bebh's avatar

I just don't find it that surprising or revolutionary that a lefty person who talks about the rent being too high can be elected mayor of NYC. Zohran is... fine. He's wrong about a bunch of stuff but his openness to changing his mind and engaging with people is encouraging. We'll see how he does as mayor but if you are staking this out as a really meaningful election in terms of the national landscape or something, I don't see it. If Republicans were capable of running someone with a pulse you'd be looking at a really different story. I just wouldn't read that much into it.

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Samuel Lipson's avatar

The problem here isn't about running an R with a pulse, Sliwa is actually pretty popular among NYC Rs. There just truly aren't that many Rs in NY right now - you're not looking at the Bloomberg or Giuliani eras anymore

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mcsvbff bebh's avatar

The city moved what 10 points to the right in the last presidential election? That's a terrible take but also has nothing to do with my point that Mamdani is just genuinely not that interesting as a political story. If he turns out to be a very good and popular mayor, then you have an interesting political story, but I would not hold my breath.

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Unset's avatar
7hEdited

Trump got almost a third of the city's vote. The right Republican can certainly still win, with a lot of good fortune. But that was also true 25 years ago. Bloomberg (really a Democrat) never would have won if Green and Ferrer hadn't shanked each other.

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