Mamdani is proving the excuses were always a choice:

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9. You're right Cha... given the repug alternatives...

but if we have a choice to elect an *excellent* democrat, in the style of Mamdami... who truly seems FOR the peoples' good... shouldn't we make that a goal. We've elected so many democrats who have been styled in the "New Democrat" mode of repug-lite financial policies, and it's gotten us very little. They still hold true (more or less) to the social contract of democracy, but we need REAL financial help out here. Some of us are going down for the third time, and may not break the surface again without help...