Opinion: Why Bill de Blasio?
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 16 at 2:16 PM With New York Mayor Bill de Blasio entering the Democratic primary, there are now 23 Democrats running for president. As Sen.
De Blasio’s entrance was met with a lot of eye-rolling by all-too-candid New Yorkers and Democrats only too eager to speculate about the reason for his run. It may come as a shock to him, but de Blasio may very well find out that not many people outside New York know who he is. Does his entrance into the race matter? I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that he won’t be the nominee, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t affect other contenders.
Warren, you could argue, benefits since Sanders’s decline means she might collect some of his voters. She, however, probably isn’t hurt much by de Blasio. Warren eschews the “socialist” label and, moreover, is now defined as the super-wonk of the race. Unless he plans on rolling out a dozen or more comprehensive, complex and thoughtful plans, he probably won’t be able to cut into her stature as the progressive policy champ.
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