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FadedMullet

(288 posts) Tue Jun 24, 2025, 03:26 PM Jun 24

They are saying that the Dem primary in NYC is something of a referendum on the future of our party. Huffington..... [View all]

......just ran an article that said the following: "That this race is close at all is a blaring alarm for establishment Democrats, especially the party’s most comfortable and sclerotic. If it’s happening to Cuomo, it can happen to them". All of this because Cuomo, with a huge war chest and establishment backing, is in a tight race against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. What do you think when you read "comfortable and sclerotic" and "democratic socialist" as the political dichotomy the New York voters are choosing between?

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They are saying that the Dem primary in NYC is something of a referendum on the future of our party. Huffington..... [View all] FadedMullet Jun 24 OP

'They' should find a different vocabulary. elleng Jun 24 #1

Agreed. "Democratic socialism" misuses the term "socialism". It's "New Deal-ism." JHB Jun 25 #7

No it isn't. Cuomo is not the "litmus" test of anything. There are too many candidates in the race, and rank lostincalifornia Jun 24 #2

I like the fact it leads to candidates getting along AZProgressive Jun 24 #3

I'd say there are "too many candidates" on the ballot, but also say that rank choice voting helps clear it up. FadedMullet Jun 25 #4

Ranked choice has nothing to do with the outcome of the first ballot iemanja Jun 25 #5

Well most of the establishment don't have the personal baggage of Cuomo newdeal2 Jun 25 #6

Cuomo was a dumbass candidate Dorian Gray Jun 25 #8

I don't think so. Cuomo was uniquely offensive. Renew Deal Jun 25 #9