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Cuomo Considered More Likely to Win Than Sanders (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
Is he running? Odoreida Mar 2020 #1
No. I guess those bets are on a brokered convention and Cuomo getting the nod that way. n/t thesquanderer Mar 2020 #13
Cuomo has shown great leadership during this crisis. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #2
Cuomo is schooling Trump and the GOP on the fine centuries old tradition of New York bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #3
+1 Cetacea Mar 2020 #5
No. bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #7
Agreed. Cetacea Mar 2020 #8
lol, you are very kind bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #9
Cuomo is showing grace under fire. BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #4
same with Clinton at certain points jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 #6
I would like to see the convention draft Governor Cuomo. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #10
Maybe left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #11
Right, it makes sense that if for whatever reason Biden could not continue the campaign tritsofme Mar 2020 #12
Hillary is also more likely than sanders to be the nominee Gothmog Mar 2020 #14
It must be heartbreaking when NCProgressive Mar 2020 #15
 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
1. Is he running?
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:49 AM
Mar 2020

At this point I have switched to Biden by default.

What else is going on?

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thesquanderer

(12,347 posts)
13. No. I guess those bets are on a brokered convention and Cuomo getting the nod that way. n/t
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:47 PM
Mar 2020
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IluvPitties

(3,181 posts)
2. Cuomo has shown great leadership during this crisis.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:50 AM
Mar 2020
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bucolic_frolic

(47,018 posts)
3. Cuomo is schooling Trump and the GOP on the fine centuries old tradition of New York
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:50 AM
Mar 2020

Some of our older states assembled and formed in the intellectual ether of the US Constitution - PA, VA, NY, CT, RI - and have along history of what is in the public interest. Cuomo is demonstrating daily a textbook case of good government, emergency planning, the public welfare that the GOP cannot fathom at any level. NY was heavily influenced by the Progressive Era, the diversity, the cauldron of ideas as immigrants of all nationalities poured into the city. So yes, Cuomo would be a strong candidate if he wanted to be, but selling a NYer of Italian heritage is still difficult in many areas of the country.

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Cetacea

(7,396 posts)
5. +1
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:17 PM
Mar 2020

Do you think Mario would have beat Bush had he run?

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bucolic_frolic

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7. No.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:24 PM
Mar 2020

1988 you still needed a WASP candidate. Gary Hart was the man. Dukakis was too ethnic, and because his politics was learned in Massachusetts, he had never run against strong opposition. He didn't know what he was doing. I daresay the majority of our political leaders still hail from the founding families of Mass Bay Colony, including the Bushes.

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Cetacea

(7,396 posts)
8. Agreed.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:29 PM
Mar 2020

I think he knew that and it was the deciding factor in his decision. Heart said yes, mind said no.
Thanks for your excellent description of traditional NY government, too.

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bucolic_frolic

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9. lol, you are very kind
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:32 PM
Mar 2020

if a DUer of few words. I encourage you to publicize such astute observations on a regular basis!

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BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
4. Cuomo is showing grace under fire.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:06 PM
Mar 2020

The tragedy of New York is revealing what it’s like to have an adult in the room during a crisis. Bernie? He can’t even bother to show up at work.

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jorgevlorgan

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6. same with Clinton at certain points
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:22 PM
Mar 2020

Where they come up with stuff, I have no idea.

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totodeinhere

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10. I would like to see the convention draft Governor Cuomo.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:39 PM
Mar 2020

He has shown real leadership whereas Trump has shown no leadership. I continue to believe that Joe Biden is not up to the task, and as the emergency we are in grows more serious by the day, we need someone as vigorous and accomplished as Governor Cuomo. And I think he would win in a 45 state landslide.

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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
11. Maybe
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:43 PM
Mar 2020

A lot can happen (good and bad) between now and the nomination.

Cuomo/Newsom ticket ?

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tritsofme

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12. Right, it makes sense that if for whatever reason Biden could not continue the campaign
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:44 PM
Mar 2020

That Sanders, or any of the other 2020 also-rans, would not necessarily be the first place the party looks.

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Gothmog

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14. Hillary is also more likely than sanders to be the nominee
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:15 PM
Mar 2020
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NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
15. It must be heartbreaking when
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:25 PM
Mar 2020

people who are not even running have better odds.

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