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stopdiggin

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1. not really a whole lot (in my opinion)

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:47 PM

Nov 5

I think Mandami won because he was - young, good looking, ethnic - and not Andrew Cuomo - meaning with an (perceived?) element of establishment and backroom/boardroom ....

Social Democrat? Hmmm. Man on the street doesn't really even know what that means exactly.
Kinda' like, 'for the little guy?' Except that - everyone from Donald Trump to Lindsey Graham also touts themselves as 'for the little guy'. So .... ?

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