He is such a disciplined campaigner.
Along with an extremely strong platform, he is possibly the best ive seen at being relentless about staying on message.
Fuck the democrats for hanging him out to dry, they should be running Mamdani’s in every state.
Fuck the democrats for hanging him out to dry, they should be running Mamdani’s in every state.
They’d rather have fascism than socialism.
Then they wouldn’t be liberals. They’d be worthwhile.
The reason centrist Democrats are so scared of Mamdani is because if he wins and is popular, they may have to move left to win and their stock portfolios and donors might not like that.
I’m really interestied in watching Mamdai’s election race and I’m extremely curious if he’s going to live up to any of his election promises.
I can see why democrats are leery about backing him too much.
I can see why democrats are leery about backing him too much.
Umm, what? Why should democrats be reluctant to support Mamdani when they are proud to support people who don’t even pretend to care about the working class?
Why is that, obvious shock value name?
I’m really interestied in watching Mamdai’s election race and I’m extremely curious if he’s going to live up to any of his election promises.
You’re leery because you’re curious? Okay.
I understand the senior democrats being leery because by endorsing him they’re attaching themselves to his achievements.
And he’s set high goals for himself.
On the national stage over promise and under deliver. At a local level you need to know your audience more, but still have a strong vision. Even if it’s unachievable. Unlike traditional Democrats who promise very little (or nothing in Harris’s case) and deliver almost nothing.
Watching Mamdani talk, the man has what it takes. Even going on a show which would be traditionally, and was slightly hostile to him like morning Joe. He handled everything thrown at him perfectly and affably.
But then I’m just a Midwesterner watching from afar. However, friends in the boroughs are very responsive to him and have positive views. And these are the people he’s running for.
Saying traditional dems promise very little and deliver nothing kind of undermines your entire comment. The list of achievements for the boring dems is extensive thats part of why they get to where they get to while seeming to be “boring”.
At the moment Mamdami is the one who’s promised a lot and done nothing. However I believe he can do what he says because none of it is really out there or crazy. I hope he reverts on rent freezes since those are just really bad ways of addressing the issue hes trying to solve.
It was speaking more to and specified against Harris.The only thing Harris promised was more of the same. Biden was also lackluster, though he did get a number of things done. Whether or not I agreed with them all. But you do understand that one of his campaign promises to a specific group of people. Was that nothing would fundamentally change. Perhaps that illustrates where that comment was focused.
Yes, Democrats do accomplish things on the margins. That’s the problem. People, Democrats, liberals, Republicans, conservatives, all of them want fundamental change. For the minimum of the past two election cycles, Democrats campaign promise was that nothing would fundamentally change. The last time a Democrat presidential candidate ran on actually changing something was 2008, nearly 20 years ago. And he sounded a lot like Mamadani.
Democrats aim so low that even when they accomplish something, it’s easily missed or ignored. That Mamdani is aiming high, is no vice. It’s a core plank of campaigning that Democrats forgot or ignored. If we had more Democrats like him, Democrats would probably hold more seats and be able to get more done.
Harris had a ton of achievements as Biden’s VP.
Let’s revisit this in two years and see if Mamdani gets anything he said done because he’s set a high bar for himself here.
Biden’s/Harris’s PR team was historically dog shit. Biden wasn’t perfect by any stretch but he’s easily a top two president in the last 40+ years. Unfortunately I don’t think that his work will really be appreciated for many years, assuming it’s not all completely undone.
Democrats always have some. The problem is. Go ask most people what they were. If no one knows, no one cares. Messaging is important. Something Democrats have rejected for decades now. Even if Mamdani accomplishes nothing. Good messaging can make up for that. And you won’t get a chance to succeed or fail if you don’t get in.
I’d rather a people who sets achievable goals for themselves vs someone who’s just feeding you lip service and it’ll be interesting to see which he is.
I would like it if that’s how politics worked. You and I both know how stupid the public is though. You and I care about such things. Calling the average person’s political understanding and memory, goldfish-brained. Is an insult and severe injustice to goldfish and koi everywhere. Sadly, politicians have to play jingle-keys.
Trump and co will destroy him if he has no follow through on his promises.
They’ll try and destroy him if he does. That’s not a reason for him not to try. And at the very least he’s better than any of the other candidates running anyhow.
