I don’t get the sense that this is a Mamdani thing. The American Democratic Party leadership seem badly out of step with the majority of their party on significant issues, and have been ineffective at shoring up democracy or their policy agenda during the periods they have been in power. Mamdani is just one of few progressive in America that is walking the walk.

Dems urgently need to show they can make Americans’ lives better, and that they present a clear and more reliable counter-position on international relations and national security. The Chuck Schumers of the party have shown no interest in offering that alternative, and their time is over, whether because the left wing of the party takes the wheel, or because Trumpism succeeds completely and destroys any chance of competitive elections in the future.

I don’t see Lauren Boebert’s name in there but hopefully part of this movement will be to eject her.