General Discussion

Democrats live in New York State, though not in the city. Yet who is mayor in NYC has an influence on the rest of the state.

It can be a good thing for people to be aware of what is going on outside of their surroundings. It is a bad trend for our party when Democrats -- either in office or not -- advocate against our party's nominees. If it happens in NYC, it will spread unless we crush it.

Not that many years ago, although I have never been in Florida, much less been there, I did speech writing for a good Democrat running for Congress. Democrats today at the grass roots level need to fight on every level. The last thing we need is the stick-in-the-mud attitude that, say, if Andrew Cuomo runs for mayor on a third party ticket -- an idea seemingly back by some "leaders" who are far, far out of touch with the voters -- that it is anything other than a horrible idea, that could spread across the country.