Posted on 02/14/2020 3:47:45 PM PST by karpov
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will endorse Bernie Sanders for president — a move intended to advance his own elusive quest for national relevance while underscoring his background as a left-leaning, establishment-wary Democrat, according to people familiar with the mayor's plans.
Though he styles himself a political risk-taker, the mayor is only taking the plunge after Sanders emerged victorious from the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, rather than when the Vermont senator’s chances seemed more tenuous last year.
In backing Sanders, de Blasio is embracing the left wing of the party in its battle with moderates like Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg, whose outsized campaign spending has vaulted him to the top tier in the crowded primary field.
De Blasio, whose steady support among black Democrats has weathered his many political storms, stands to be an effective surrogate for Sanders as he jockeys for an increasing share of Joe Biden’s diverse supporters. The mayor’s agenda of combating inequality — most closely aligned with his implementation of universal pre-kindergarten — his biracial family, his ties to prominent labor unions and the bully pulpit that comes with his day job make him a useful validator for Sanders.
He will begin his tour of duty in Nevada on Sunday, and plans to travel throughout the country for the campaign, according to people familiar with his plans.
And as the mayor of the nation’s largest city, de Blasio is one of the highest-ranking politicians to embrace Sanders’ unapologetically liberal White House bid.
But his greatest asset also stands to be a vulnerability on the trail.
De Blasio can speak to Bloomberg’s liabilities better than most, having inherited New York City from him after running against his record of race-based policing and perceived indifference to income inequality.
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Communists stick together.
“New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will endorse Bernie Sanders for president “
Oh snap! Bloomy just got kneecapped!
But will Bernie want this endorsement?
Yep.
I’d love to see a Sanders/De Blasio ticket.
Ponder that absurdity for a while.
“moderates like Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg”
Only from the vantage point of Stalin and Mao would these two look like “moderates”.
I’m surprised that DeBlasio hasn’t endorsed Satan.
There are moderates in the democrat party ???? I don’t believe there are !!!!
Satan isn’t actually a Communist.
Sometime last year the talk radio and online people who brazenly called DeBlasio a “socialist” or a “communist” were thrashed and insulted for it.
Now (so long as we use the PC polite term “Progressive”) DeBlasio would say “Yeah, that’s me. How do ya like me now?”
What are hey “progressive” about? Driving America off a cliff into the end of the economy, business, investment, savings, 401Ks, the stock market, freedom? Like they say about a progressive destructive joint or spine condition meaning getting worse and worse.
The Dem candidates 4 years ago would have said “What? I am offended. Calling me socialist?”
Now he would say “That’s me, the frontrunner Bernie.”
The Bolsheviks stick together.
You mean like Stalin and Trotsky?
Well, one things for certain: with Bernie taking all the marbles, we get to see who’s actually a real communist. With DeBlasio, there was never any question. But let’s see who else crawls out of the communist closet.
Having all these crazy RATs running for Prez has taken he crazy Mayor DeBlahblahblah out of the headlines. He needs ink and he’ll stand on his head to get it!
Pull out the important records needed from NYC to the functioning of this company and then cordon off the city from the rest of the country.
Call me callus, but this smells more of an audition for Veep. At 78, Bernie is not likely to live out a single term. That makes the Veep position all the greater a prize. Let the sucking up begin.
Entirely agree. I grew up there, went through the public school system, loved it and then the 70s hit. I left, came back in the mid 80s and was about to leave again when the idiot Dinkins was mayor...and then one man, Giuliani, changed it all.
So maybe a GOPer should run now, because NY is out of ideas and things cannot continue this way....and I think a lot of people, including hard-core Dems, know it. DeBlasio can’t run again, and I never figured out how he got elected for a second term, since everybody hated him. But in a one-party town, all it takes is to be in that party.
So somebody should challenge this, just as Giuliani did.
“I’m surprised that DeBlasio hasn’t endorsed Satan.”
He feels Warren doesn’t have a chance.
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