Andrew Cuomo's Case for 2020--No, Really

[brooklynite]

The Atlantic

He doesn’t fit easily into the Democratic Party and has, at least for now, taken himself out of the two-year-long battle over its identity. Is there a place in national politics for a man who has spent a career lighting bridges on fire and obsessing over power plays in Albany that don’t matter at all outside New York? Is there a place for a person who gets tagged as a moderate? Who doesn’t get into the presidential mix himself?

And yet: As Democrats are desperate to show they can bring more results than promises, he is a three-term governor of one of the biggest, most complicated states, with a long list of accomplishments. As Democrats worry that the party’s 2020 nominee won’t be able to take on Donald Trump, he is another brash Queens guy, and just as eager to throw around his machismo and bravado.

He’s waiting on Biden. Other than that, Cuomo clearly thinks he has a stronger case to make than any of the people running right now. But not so strong that he’s ready to actually make it.

Now in his third term, Cuomo is the longest currently serving governor in America. He handily defeated Cynthia Nixon, a leftist, lesbian television actress, last fall. Cuomo won more votes, as he and his staff eagerly point out and then point out again, than anyone else in the history of New York. He will note that anyone else in this case includes both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mario Cuomo, his father and role model and constant reference point.

[shanny]

1. Seems to me his biggest accomplishment

is not doing stuff his blue state wants (with the help of the turncoats in the state legislature).

[Power 2 the People]

4. +1000

[crazycatlady]

5. Native NYer here

What really sold me on him was replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge (built in 1945 to last 50 years). Ground was broken on the new one (Mario Cuomo Bridge) in 2015. 20 years past the TZ's expiration date.

[msongs]

2. conspiring with republicans to keep dems out of the majority. that's a virtue now? nt

[lapucelle]

3. $15/hr minimum wage...tuition free state university...Roe v Wade codified

in state law. Cuomo doesn’t talk a good game. He gets things done.

[Garrett78]

6. It's a bad sign when you have to add, "no, really."

No go on Cuomo.