
tinywitchismad
271 posts





The noise you heard tonight was the sound of John Ossoff (ranked 3rd on Polymarket) and Josh Shapiro (ranked 5th) chances of being the Dem. nominee in 2028 imploding. Moderate, Jewish, and pro-Israel is the exact opposite direction of where the Dem base is going right now.


As a liberal progressive, I would be fine with the party moving left if these wins were about Medicare for all, reproductive rights, universal childcare, taxing billionaires, and creating affordable housing, But they weren’t.

I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday. 1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away. 2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark. 3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost. 4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper. 5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something. 6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won. 7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field. The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.


Free advice for New Yorkers: get out while you still can. The rise of socialists in NYC will threaten everyone. Mamdani’s power will increase, socialists will gain more seats and they’re coming next for you. Get out now. NYC is going down the tubes.




@mattyglesias I expect mainstream Democrats could undercut a lot of the wilder left-wing candidates' appeal if they supported placing conditions on support to Israel, which really shouldn't be a left-right issue. Not sure how much they'd lose by this.

Dan Goldman immediately moves toward the top of the list for potential Mamdani 2029 challengers.



Darializa Chevalier lost the Bronx part of the district by 30 points. She also lost predominantly Black and Hispanic areas, and she lost lower income areas by 10 points. She won with young voters and higher income voters, and won majority college educated areas by 20 points.


As a liberal progressive, I would be fine with the party moving left if these wins were about Medicare for all, reproductive rights, universal childcare, taxing billionaires, and creating affordable housing, But they weren’t.

Well, that’s pretty dumb. The fringe of American right is full of people saying Jews are evil parasites who must be gotten rid of, whereas the fringe of the American left is just people who really really dislike Israel, about 35% of whom are themselves Jewish






Leiticia James to @IsaacDovere: she and other political leaders she’s spoken to are “disappointed” in Mamdani. “All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done” cnn.com/2026/06/24/pol…


Even in New York, Israel is proving toxic in Democratic primaries. Progressives critical of Israel and the war in Gaza swept a trio of House races in the state — a stunning shift that carries national implications for the party. politico.com/news/2026/06/2…









