Mike Barnicle "went there" with Bill deBlasio on MJ today. Will he consider a run for President?

[CTyankee]

I was surprised. But in light of de Blasio's stunning 40 point victory for mayor, I guess he had to ask.

De Blasio avoided and yes/no answer and said "right now I'm focused on helping my city solve our problems" and so forth. Entirely appropriate but Barnicle kept pressing him. Bill stuck with his answers.

What do you think? Who would he get as a running mate to balance the "NYC liberal" label the GOP will probably trot out again.

I immediately thought of Amy Klobuchar as his running mate. Midwest and a good Democrat...not a bad combination...

What do you think?

[katmondoo]

1. What is wrong about being a NYC liberal?

[CTyankee]

3. Nothing. My son is a NYC liberal.

The underling point here is to question whether that label is somehow automatically a demerit when it comes to the rest of the country. Given the results in VA it seems every conventional political tag can be questioned.

The GOP has used this kind of divisiveness to its advantage. A NYC liberal believes in the same basic things most people now believe, except for the far right wing of the Republican Party.

De Blasio rides the subway in NYC and talks to people going to work about what they care the most about politically. Just because they are New Yorkers doesn't mean that they don't care about what most other Americans care about.

[kydo]

2. I was wondering the same thing when they said he would on.

I didn't watch the whole segment, and I missed that part. But I was thinking before he came on the show, "now deBlasio might be a good president candidate." Well of course unless there was some unknown dirt from his past. But I have not heard of any. What I do see is a strong smart candidate.

I say in two years he might want to do one of those exploratory committee stuff.

[CTyankee]

4. That's good. He can test out how the rest of the country feels about the issues.

We are all facing the same issues, IOW.

[kydo]

5. I do like him and I do hope he his thinking ahead to more election runs in his future.

Dems have a better bench then they (or everyone for that matter) think. Of course as Tuesday's blood bath showed, our bench just got deeper.

[CTyankee]

6. If nothing else, Dems will no longer be afraid of the "big bad wolf" called the GOP.

"New York liberal" will become meaningless for GOP propagandists...

[Renew Deal]

7. It would be a disaster

He would not play well nationally. I'm not even convinced he could win a single primary