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Let’s start with Israel and Gaza. Here’s were Democrats are on that:

Pete Buttigieg went on the Pod Bros podcast and gave a terrible, mealymouthed answer on the topic, which Hasan Abi/Piker roasted him for. I’ll outsource my commentary on this to him:

If you don’t want to watch the video, the gist of it is that Buttigieg an “it’s an important problem, blah blah blah” answer which shows that institutional Dems haven’t begun to grapple with the base’s absolute rejection of Israel’s actions in Gaza. I’m not always a fan of Piker’s commentary, but he’s on point here.

Then, there’s Cuomo. He’s been stinking up the joint in NYC, and the latest Siena poll is awful for him:

I’ll write more about the Stefanik thing at another time, but I’ll note that the same poll showed that 49% of respondents thought she’d be a bad governor, so I don’t know about the Hochul/Stefanik head-to-head. The Mamdani/Cuomo poll also had a small sample so take that for what you will.

Anyway, caveats aside, it’s sure not obvious that Cuomo is gaining ground on Mamdani, nevermind that other candidates in the race will siphon off some support. Cuomo’s Xitter account is just full of nasty, negative campaigning, which in my view is just a way for him to remind voters what an asshole he is. TBone posted Mamdani’s response video yesterday. The difference between the video and Cuomo’s attacks is that Mamdani hits Cuomo’s record, which is terrible.

Buttigieg’s corporate-speak waffle on Gaza, and Cuomo’s nasty, negative attacks (coupled with the inability of most NYC Dem leaders refusal to endorse their party’s nominee) are just to instances where Dem leadership and wannabe leadership are completely out of step with the beliefs of the base.