Seriously people just stop!

Killaphill, welcome, and maybe keep an eye on the Editorials and Other Articles forum. There are some very educational postings there. Not all of course -- feel free to ask DUers for their takes if you have any doubts about the motives and commitment to truth of some offerings and how much reliance should be placed on them.

Cuomo will have his hands full trying to put New York back together for months and months. He's not running nor should he.

Cuomo didn't enter the primaries and Biden has the support of the voters. Why would the DNC do the most undemocratic response and nominate someone who doesn't have the support of the voters? The only reason Cuomo should be considered is if Biden became unable to serve.

You'll you better on Twitter with this stuff.

It's all just conjecture and opinion. Biden is ahead of Trump nationally and by nearly double digits in the counties most likely to be deciders in November.

It's also irrelevant. The DNC doesn't pick the candidate.

That explains a lot.

How many delegates does Cuomo have again?

Saying that out loud would be double hurt for the Bernie fans. The game is actually not rigged.

It's an opinion pieces by James LaRocca, the guy who manaaged to finish dead last when he ran in the Democratic primary to be the party's nominee for governor of New York in 1998.

Biden won and will be our candidate.
Posts like this are good fodder for the anti-Dem sites, but don't serve any real purpose here.

I thought we had some primaries and caucuses.

How about Bernie bowing out so he stops helping trump?

Mr. Larocca, if I understand correctly, is a Democrat from New York. Cuomo appears to be doing all he can, and is communicating quite well. He is also the only governor I know of who's daily briefings are being carried by national TV outlets. MSNBC, CNN as well as others. The New York positive bias from both Mr. Larocca, as well as many in political news industry, should not be taken as to extending across the country. Our governor has given a daily briefing,(not great action, but fair) not one bit of coverage nationally, as it should be. Simply put ; New York is a HOTSPOT, my state ISN'T! It's not my opinion, but I suspect the anti-New York bias would be a problem. Remember Ted Cruz and his New York City values slam at Donald Trump. Though not effective with republicans, could work against a Democrat. A full campaign such as what Hillary Clinton ran would overcome this, but not until this is over!

Always amazes me. Something happens in the news and someone comes to the limelight and immediately there is talk of them becoming President. That lawyer of Stormy Daniels comes to mind as one of the most ridiculous cases of it.

doing an excellent job.. exponentially better than Nixon would have.

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Are you one of those who imagines it is some sort of Politburo exercising an iron authority over subordinate Party members and the Party at large? It does not rig primaries and dictate candidates. It does the sort of office work needed to keep track of some internal functions, and puts on the convention. Its leader sometimes goes on the pundit circuit as a spokesperson. That really is about all. Even if every member of the DNC were suddenly seized of the conviction Gov. Cuomo should be our candidate, there is not one little thing they have the power to do that could make it happen.

I suspect in most instances, back rooms full of professionals, tobacco smoke optional, would give us better results than a months long mish-mash of caucuses and primaries....

Moderation in all things. Including moderation, of course.

Indeed, suddenly seized with the conviction! Well put, Sir.

Just sowing the seeds of discord.

It’s amazing that they think they could make enough of an impression on DU to be taken seriously.

is an insult to a number of governors who are also doing an excellent job. Gavin Newsom of California comes to mind.

He looks good now, but dig into some of the shit he’s done.

And that doesn't even require much digging

This is a joke, right?

had his chance to throw his hat into the ring over a year ago, he declined to do so, just like his father.

even if cuomo is a sure thing, he did not run

not even in NY

... choose the candidate, and they have already chosen Biden.

So you're hearing more and more rumblings about Andrew Cuomo? That's right up there with "some people are sayin'" ...

When the Democrats wanted Walter Cronkite. That didn't work out either.

Because some people are saying...This serves no purpose. Politicians looking good during a crisis always look appealing as soon as they do a semi decent job. That doesn't mean there will be knee jerk reactions to just treat the primaries as irrelevant.
For some reason, it seems that the side that lost wants to do everything to prevent the winner from actually getting the reward. The same side whined that there will be a price to pay should the DNC act against the "will of the voters".

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Rudy Giuliani

but I didn't want to insult Cuomo with such a comparison.

have done amazing jobs. Cuomo is getting all the coverage because he's the governor of the political media's hub, but Gavin Newsom and Jay Inslee have been *at least* as good and probably better.

But Cuomo has a full time job, in case it escaped your notice, and is not running for POTUS this year. And Joe Biden really has won the nomination after campaigning hard and more effectively than your preferred candidate.

So, thanks for your deep and heartfelt concern -- but no thanks.

He could NEVAH win a Dem primary. In that regard he's just like Bernie. His bombastic personality would wear thin very quickly. It serves him well as he tries to manage the CV-19 crisis but that's about it. He's not that popular in his own state though he's been in office for many years. Folks need to check out his history before proclaiming him as the Dems' best option to run against Trump Many of those folks probably have an ulterior motive and want to use it as a Biden attack. Not saying that's the OP's motive here.

Why would they do that? Democrats have overwhelmingly voted for Biden, and all hell would break loose if the DNC rejected those votes and nominated someone else. Cuomo is doing an excellent job managing the crisis in New York, and that's where he's needed most.

The people have spoken. Also, Cuomo has a lot on his plate right now. NY needs him.

He didn’t launch a single investigation of any Wall Street firm.

His first year as NY Governor he tried to push through a tax cut for millionaires that even the republicans in the state legislature refused to vote for.

Did the virus kill decomcracy?

Get used to it.

Engineers to the rescue!

Army Hooah!

done a great job in WA. If handling this crisis is what the country is looking for, he has an advantage.

He was a candidate and did not gain traction, but he is probably on all ballots. Nearly half the delegates have not been awarded. If Sanders and Biden imploded, could he reenter before April and get most of the remaining delegates?

Of course, that is not realistic. It is still nearly certain that Biden will get the majority of planned delegates and he will be the nominee. It would not be seen as legitimate to just draft someone.

Cuomo didn't run or get the votes of the voters, Biden did.

I like Cuomo despite his flaws. He's tough, smart and confident - a good executive.

He easily beat back a challenge from the far left (Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout) in a blue state. He does well with urban PoC as well as rural whites, and his path to the presidency (should he ever choose to run) would thus likely resemble Biden's.

I'm not going to "kill the messenger." lol You have a right to your opinion, and you may just have been curious what people's reaction to the article would be. I think you've got enough responses to see that they don't agree.

In any case, no matter how good ANYONE ELSE is right now, the process is way past the possibility of someone new not only getting on the ballot, but getting enough delegates to win the nomination. Biden is very close to the number needed. He has 1,174 out of the 1,991 delegates needed (Sanders has 862).

...I bet these are the same people who said Oprah should run based on one half-way decent speech she gave.

They have a vested interest in keeping inter-party divisions alive as long as possible.

We have our presumptive nominee. Perhaps, Cuomo would make a good VP.

-Laelth

It’s rather opportunistic to cast doubt on the nominee because Cuomo is doing a good job in his state.

Perhaps, though, you are coming to the realization that he would be better than your preferred candidate.

As a Biden supporter whose community is in Trump’s crosshairs, there is too much at stake for people like me to be so whimsical about the nominee. If you are trying to find a way to move away from Bernie, then do that.

Well said indeed.

From Maine to Arizona.

Quit trying to sabotage our Presidential Candidate.

The DNC can't do that, in the first place. In the second place, we have a presumptive nominee right now, and another candidate in distant second place waiting in the wings. Cuomo has a job, and is not seeking the presidency.

Democratic voters have already done that throwing their votes and support to Joe Biden. As for Andrew Cuomo? The man has definitely stepped up to the plate providing a leadership model in a time when DC leadership is extinct. But unless you were born yesterday, Cuomo has had presidential ambitions for years and been thoroughly dismissed by progressives as a DINO, at best.

So . . . there's a certain irony, as in bitter and misleading, that a Bernie supporter would be posting an article like this. For what reason? Certainly not for the sake of unity and certainly not for the sake of the Democratic Party or the necessity to rid ourselves of Trump in November.

Whatever 'rumblings' you're hearing are from the same people spreading atrocious lies about Biden, the latest being a rape charge. And no, this is not vetting. It's called smearing, spreading disinformation and hoping against hope that chaos will reroute the Democratic primary.

Bernie Sanders will not be the Democratic nominee. He lost. Get used to it!

Yes, these are extraordinary times. But this crap? Deja vu.

They have both campaigned hard and racked up delegates. Cuomo is doing well in his state, but I don’t think he’d be a better candidate than Biden or Bernie. He may be more conservative than Biden. Now if something bad happens to Biden, and I certainly hope it does not, then others can be in the conversation. But in that case, I would hope it would be a Bernie.