Well….
Well….
Andrew Cuomo seems to have gotten OVER last nights surprise trailing Zohan Mamdani and a ‘conceding’……..
LOT of Things going on….
Most of it IS NOT unexpected….
A Progressive, Socialist that ran on promises of ‘Free Stuff’?
The Queen’s State Lawmaker IS a media focus and BIG target for Republicans up to Trump.…
Mamdani’s problem WILL be delivering on things that he simply CANNOT….
Cuomo back in IS a problem for Eric Adams, who had things swing back to him over the last 24 hours…
Mamdani actually may have problems with the national Democratic Party, which simply is NOT going in Zohan’s direction…
This IS gonna get VERY INTERESTING….
Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, sources tell CNN. That leaves in place contingency plans he had established before the Democratic primary to challenge Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in November.
The former New York governor, who quickly conceded the Democratic primary race on Tuesday night to Mamdani, has not fully committed to running an active campaign through the summer and fall. But Cuomo will keep the place he already secured on the “Fight & Deliver” ballot line for the November election, three sources say.
Cuomo is calculating that the full city’s electorate would be significantly different from Democratic primary voters who were energized by Mamdani’s focus on affordability and his campaign’s online videos. His camp also believes Mamdani and his policy ideas, from a rent freeze to city-operated grocery stores, will receive increased scrutiny now that Mamdani is positioned to secure a Democratic primary win once ranked-choice votes are allocated next week.
“Ultimately Andrew’s decision and my decision matters less than the decision that voters already took on Tuesday night,” Mamdani told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Thursday.
Asked about possibly running against Cuomo in November, he said on “OutFront”: “We did it once and it turned out pretty well.”
Notably, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have praised Mamdani since Tuesday but declined to endorse him. And two House Democrats from swing districts in the New York suburbs criticized him after Tuesday’s results put him in position to win the primary, while Republicans have sharply criticized Mamdani and tried to tie national Democrats to him.
Mamdani is poised to face Adams, who opted out of this year’s Democratic primary and is running as an independent himself, as well as Republican Curtis Sliwa….
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Cuomo’s bet would be that he could become a safe harbor for moderates and progressives concerned about Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, or Adams, who was indicted on federal bribery charges before President Donald Trump’s administration moved to drop them….
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