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Could a ‘Draft Cuomo’ Movement Be in the Democrats’ Future?

2020-03-26

Joe <q>Foreign Policy Whiz Kid</q> Biden

[NATIONALREVIEW] Democrats are publicly talking about "contingency options" for their July convention in Milwaukee in case the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
persists in being a public-health threat. But privately, some are also talking about needing a Plan B if Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant...
, their nominee apparent, continues to flounder.

Some Democrats are openly talking up New York governor Andrew Sonny Cuomo, whose profile has soared during the crisis, as a Biden stand-in. Yesterday, a Draft Cuomo 2020 account on Twitter announced that "Times have changed & we need Gov. Cuomo to be the nominee. Our next POTUS must be one w/an ability to lead thru this crisis."

Charles Pierce, the politics blogger for Esquire magazine, wrote a piece headlined "With Two Words, Andrew Cuomo Established Himself as the Leader This Country Needs Now." He enthused that Cuomo’s news conference last Friday "essentially (shutting) down the economy of his state . . . was a master class in leveling with the public."

Fueled by favorable national publicity that governors rarely get, Cuomo has quickly become the standard-bearer for liberals who don’t want to quickly open up parts the economy at the same time we combat the coronavirus. This Tuesday, the governor tweeted: "We are not willing to sacrifice 1-2% of New Yorkers. That’s not who we are. We will fight to save every life we can. I am not giving up." Last weekend, Cuomo told news hounds he might go into Manhattan himself to yell "You are wrong" at people defying his lockdown.

Democrats are increasingly worried that Joe Biden will have trouble being relevant and compelling in the long four months between now and when he is nominated in July. Lloyd Constantine, who was a senior policy adviser to New York governor Eliot Spitzer from 2007 to 2008, puts it bluntly: "Biden is a melting ice cube. Those of us who have closely watched as time ravaged the once sharp or even brilliant minds of loved ones and colleagues, recognize what is happening to the good soldier Joe."
"Da people have spoke. Now let's find somebody we like."

Posted by:Fred

#6 Isn't Cuomo the guy that signed the 'no bail bill' into law?

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-03-26 17:41

#5 "... worried that Joe Biden will have trouble being relevant"

What do you mean by "will"?

Posted by: European Conservative 2020-03-26 12:01

#4 What does Hillary think about this?

Posted by: AlanC 2020-03-26 11:59

#3 So, in debates, Trump gets up there and calls him mister (not governor) Cum-oh. The media will be totally distracted by that right through the election.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-26 03:42

#2 That's what I have been expecting, though possibly not until after Biden is nominated - could withdraw in October for health reasons and the Party would have to appoint a replacement - Hillary would be one guess but the virus is moving Cuomo to the head of the line.

Posted by: Glenmore 2020-03-26 01:33

#1 A melting ice cube.
Wow. How the fook did you not know this cube would melt?

Separately, Cuomo would be a formidable opponent. At least, as compared with the pygmies and buffoons the Dems have put forward to date...

Posted by: Lex 2020-03-26 00:18

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