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BeyondGeography

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9. Mamdani is Obama with teeth

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 08:20 AM

Jun 25

The cadence and choice of words is straight from the Change You Can Believe In campaign. But now we’re in a different time and Mamdani realizes it. If he wins, which I expect he will, he will use his power as Mayor unapologetically and his voters have responded to that. So have his opponents, which is why, like Obama, he will have to walk through fire (Rev. Wright, anyone?) in order to win. I think he’s up to it.

Per the OP, the Democratic Party should indeed be taking notes because even most of the fence straddlers will be accused of being anti-Semites and socialists in the elections next year. Mamdani will giving free lessons from here until November on how to handle all that and more.

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Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. [View all] Lonestarblue Jun 25 OP

from malaise Jun 25 #1

Two notes here Prairie Gates Jun 25 #2

About Point #1 of your post WSHazel Jun 25 #4

The fact that people pretty convincingly voted for a leftists candidate Prairie Gates Jun 25 #5

It was a Democratic Primary in a very blue city WSHazel Jun 25 #10

A fine bit of catastrophism Prairie Gates Jun 25 #12

id use a stronger word but i wont. too early here . AllaN01Bear Jun 25 #14

Never happening. lees1975 Jun 25 #26

I don't think beating Cuomo was at all easy tbh Arazi Jun 25 #8

Centrist Democrats are terrified of Sanders WSHazel Jun 25 #11

Democrats made themselves unelectable. Look at their poll numbers. lees1975 Jun 25 #24

No they didn't.. they've been winning Cha Jun 25 #35

It's sad to see history being rewritten here mcar Jun 26 #43

Well put.. Cha Jun 26 #47

Post removed Post removed Jun 25 #27

I don't understand this line of thinking I keep seeing. AllyCat Jun 25 #21

Why you are trying to be logical & thoughtful?? at140 Jun 25 #28

David Hogg is quietly laughing somewhere... Arazi Jun 25 #3

Congratulations to Mamdani and to the wonderful Brad Lander who understood how to Passages Jun 25 #6

Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh: In his victory speech, Mamdani extended an olive branch Passages Jun 25 #7

Mamdani is Obama with teeth BeyondGeography Jun 25 #9

Given that Cuomo took the time to spin up a third party recently, he'll proably try a spoiler run. Lancero Jun 25 #13

Doubt it...he'd be splitting votes with Adams and Sliwa Prairie Gates Jun 25 #16

Won't stop him from trying, and he has already formed the groundwork with his Fight and Deliver party... Lancero Jun 25 #31

He can line up for another humiliation, but I doubt he will Prairie Gates Jun 25 #32

Remember Joe Lieberman 2008? karynnj Jun 25 #23

Chuffed SpankMe Jun 25 #30

This is simple. Jirel Jun 25 #15

This 78 year old lifelong Democrat from a military serving family with a union father in the trades decided...... usaf-vet Jun 25 #17

Same here, with this 68 year old lifelong Democrat, with a Father who is a naval veteran and union man. lees1975 Jun 25 #22

Ok Abstractartist Jun 25 #18

I can't believe Cuomo was even considered. lees1975 Jun 25 #19

This NYC'r didn't rank him electric_blue68 Jun 25 #38

The progressive Left is getting traction now. AOC, Mamdani, Bernie, Hogg, and more to come. , Ping Tung Jun 25 #20

Coumo was a pathetic front runner IbogaProject Jun 25 #25

There was a re-vote that Hogg withdrew from because he knew he would get shellacked by Malcolm Kenyatta. W_HAMILTON Jun 25 #29

Good for Mamdani. Shame on Clinton, Clyburn and anyone else who pinkstarburst Jun 25 #33

Let's be clear which "Clinton" we're talking about. Sparkly Jun 25 #36

Birds of a feather... pinkstarburst Jun 25 #40

Please read what I said. Sparkly Jun 26 #41

Use some reading comprehension pinkstarburst Jun 26 #42

I understand. Let's start over. Sparkly Jun 26 #44

I feel it was perfectly clear who I was referring to pinkstarburst Jun 26 #49

100% Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 25 #34

I don't know anything about this man. Joinfortmill Jun 25 #37

If you are interested in Mamdani's policies towards women's rights as well as other things Nanjeanne Jun 26 #46

Thank you. Joinfortmill Jun 26 #48

MAGA's trying to spin up efforts to get him deported. Lancero Jun 25 #39

This is interesting Uncle Joe Jun 26 #45