Will New York pay the price for De Blasio's presidential bid?
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ew York mayor Bill de Blasio claims he has support to join the other 23 Democrats seeking to oust President Trump in next year’s election. What does de Blasio know that nobody else following the presidential primary knows?
A wide majority, 72%, of his city’s residents tell pollsters they don’t want him running for president. About 35 of his own barely anonymous advisors tell reporters that the 2020 race is a vanity project born out of boredom in his current job. And in nationwide polls of Democrats, he is the only candidate to garner more dislikes than likes. One Iowa survey gauged his support at zero percent, and his campaign events draw only around ten to twenty people. Even his wife declared that now is not the time for a de Blasio presidential campaign.
So those who think the mayor, born Warren Wilhelm Jr. 58 years ago, should stay out of the coming election are by far in the majority. There are, nevertheless, two schools of thought on the issue.
On one hand are those who insist a de Blasio candidacy should be taken seriously. Here are three arguments in their favor:
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