Lasher will be more of the same as Nadler and basically pick up where he left off. I lived in Nadler’s old district for 10 years and he notoriously doesn’t meet with constituents. I was so excited to move to Carolyn Maloney’s district until the BoE screwed her on an admin technicality. Alex is amazing. I’ve known him for many years. He gets it and will do great things for not just NY-12, but the country.
The irony of tech oligarchs accidentally turbocharging Bores' campaign with attack ads is almost too perfect. What makes this fascinating is how AI regulation could actualy be the differentiator in a district this insidery where everyone's already aligned on Trump opposition. The West Side machine dynamic is real tho, that institutional depth doesn't just evaporate becuse you got good earned media. Still, if AI anxiety keeps ramping like the polls suggest, that issue salience could break through alot of establishment momentum.
We have a signal group (https://signal.group/#CjQKIHfMwippKGJpHRrQIJTVbf24OZaFKG6NaANQJmAv9G2UEhDZuEmAJjIcLJDAUsFZAKlr) trying to figure and get behind whomever is most left/ progressive in NY-12 who can get a plurality? Does anybody have a sense of who is overall the more left progressive between Lasher and Bores? For example, neither of them seems to be even a nominal cosponsor of any of the Invest in Our New York (tax the rich bills)? Thoughts?
Good piece! Looking forward to hosting you on our Markers For Democracy/Downtown Nasty Women Social Group/Team Min Zoom to talk more about it. Hopefully everyone will behave themselves! Here is the Mobilize link: https://www.mobilize.us/markersfordemocracy/event/879631/ On the endorsement front, I'm assuming the New York Times will not endorse but would they do something like they did for the mayoral primary? This is a district where the New York Times endorsement of Kathryn Garcia in the 2021 mayoral primary was a big deal. There are lots of people like my parents who still read the Times cover to cover every morning.
Lasher will be more of the same as Nadler and basically pick up where he left off. I lived in Nadler’s old district for 10 years and he notoriously doesn’t meet with constituents. I was so excited to move to Carolyn Maloney’s district until the BoE screwed her on an admin technicality. Alex is amazing. I’ve known him for many years. He gets it and will do great things for not just NY-12, but the country.
The irony of tech oligarchs accidentally turbocharging Bores' campaign with attack ads is almost too perfect. What makes this fascinating is how AI regulation could actualy be the differentiator in a district this insidery where everyone's already aligned on Trump opposition. The West Side machine dynamic is real tho, that institutional depth doesn't just evaporate becuse you got good earned media. Still, if AI anxiety keeps ramping like the polls suggest, that issue salience could break through alot of establishment momentum.
We have a signal group (https://signal.group/#CjQKIHfMwippKGJpHRrQIJTVbf24OZaFKG6NaANQJmAv9G2UEhDZuEmAJjIcLJDAUsFZAKlr) trying to figure and get behind whomever is most left/ progressive in NY-12 who can get a plurality? Does anybody have a sense of who is overall the more left progressive between Lasher and Bores? For example, neither of them seems to be even a nominal cosponsor of any of the Invest in Our New York (tax the rich bills)? Thoughts?
Good piece! Looking forward to hosting you on our Markers For Democracy/Downtown Nasty Women Social Group/Team Min Zoom to talk more about it. Hopefully everyone will behave themselves! Here is the Mobilize link: https://www.mobilize.us/markersfordemocracy/event/879631/ On the endorsement front, I'm assuming the New York Times will not endorse but would they do something like they did for the mayoral primary? This is a district where the New York Times endorsement of Kathryn Garcia in the 2021 mayoral primary was a big deal. There are lots of people like my parents who still read the Times cover to cover every morning.