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regnaD kciN

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37. As Mike Nellis pointed out on Substack...

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 04:56 PM

Jul 14

You can’t have it both ways. The moderate wing of the party always expects the left to rally behind them. Can you imagine the reaction if Mamdani lost the primary and decided to run in the general against Cuomo?

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Looks like Cuomo plans to run against Mamdani as a 3rd-party candidate. [View all] Ocelot II Jul 14 OP

Interesting. Oopsie Daisy Jul 14 #1

He can't win SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #2

He absolutely can FBaggins Jul 14 #14

Only in the primary SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #19

Oooof Prairie Gates Jul 14 #25

Never let the facts SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #26

Lol. Corrupt crybaby sex pest running as an independent. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 14 #3

Fredo gets very angry if you call him Fredo. comradebillyboy Jul 14 #28

Sheesh Faux pas Jul 14 #4

"Far left" if only. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 14 #5

Sore loser serial sexual harasser. Dismaying to see some posts here supporting his run against the Dem primary winner. Celerity Jul 14 #6

I don't think he'll have much luck. Ocelot II Jul 14 #9

I don't believe the general election uses ranked choice voting, only the Democratic primary tritsofme Jul 14 #12

In that case I stand corrected. Ocelot II Jul 14 #17

Very disappointing SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #21

I think Support Democrats should be rigorously enforced by juries Prairie Gates Jul 14 #23

I'm surprised, I thought they'd all back Adams. Even Trump mentioned as much WarGamer Jul 14 #7

It's designed to siphon votes... Wuddles440 Jul 14 #10

One poll I saw recently had Adams trailing Silwa fujiyamasan Jul 14 #31

I seems to me that Adams isn't very well liked. And comradebillyboy Jul 14 #32

I'd be surprised if Cuomo endorses Adams, but if his campaign goes no where, maybe it could happen fujiyamasan Jul 14 #34

OK SickOfTheOnePct Jul 14 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Ocelot II Jul 14 #16

He loses half of his arguments just by that alone Torchlight Jul 14 #11

We can put to bed the notion that Cuomo is a Democrat, cloudbase Jul 14 #13

Good- he will split the anti-Mamdani vote with Adams, and neither will win Fiendish Thingy Jul 14 #15

No SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #20

Another post in this thread says it is used in the general Fiendish Thingy Jul 14 #38

What other post? SocialDemocrat61 Jul 14 #40

Is it a class war or not? Duncan Grant Jul 14 #18

Nah, it is a selfish slimeball high on his own supply. He's an outlier. emulatorloo Jul 14 #30

Who's pumping money into a losing campaign? Duncan Grant Jul 14 #36

Good...he can split this shitheel vote with Adams and Sliwa Prairie Gates Jul 14 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author madville Jul 14 #24

Will he change his name to Jill Stein? Johonny Jul 14 #27

Sore loser. I read Clinton and Clyburn have endorsed Mamdani, so yay! emulatorloo Jul 14 #29

Who did Clyburn endorse in the last NYC mayoral election? MichMan Jul 14 #39

Did Cuomo forget to sign the party loyalty oath? Ping Tung Jul 14 #33

Does NYC have run-off elections? Or can someone win with Ars Longa Jul 14 #35

As Mike Nellis pointed out on Substack... regnaD kciN Jul 14 #37