Jessica Ramos Endorses Cuomo (WTAF)

ETA: Multiple media sources had analyses discussing why Cuomo is now getting support as a "strong" candidate. #MeToo is seen as old news. I discuss how this is a horrible approach here. 

Democrats can include up to five choices on their ballots this month. Republicans, too, but that's not my immediate concern here. There are more than five mayoral candidates. 

Andrew Cuomo, bad for various reasons, someone who had to resign as governor for that reason, is the frontrunner. If he does not receive 50% (lead rank), a form of instant run-off voting occurs. So, rank wisely: rank those likely to have a chance to win, and don't rank Cuomo.

I am okay with any of the candidates running in the Democratic Primary, especially those with any chance, except for Cuomo. I have no excitement level for Brad Lander, for instance, but figure he would make a decent mayor. 

Scott Stringer is a bland progressive choice who faltered last time, partially because of how he handled two old sexual harassment accusations. And because he is boring as dishwater. He is again not getting much traction.  

I would like a woman mayor. Adrienne Adams, speaker of the City Council, seems like the best bet. She knows the city government while not too liberal to avoid people supporting her at least as a back-up choice. 

I think Adams or Lander would be the best chances. Two guys with a first name starting with "Z" are also good -- one as the leftie choice, the other as the sane progressive choice. The leftie choice's main flaws are a lack of experience and less ability to form a coalition. The other has limited support. 

My real decision (other than order) was a fifth choice. Adrienne Adams, the two Zs, Lander, and who else? I figured Jessica Ramos. She's a state legislator, a progressive, and, sure, a woman. And, a strong Cuomo critic, in part calling him a "bully." 

Mike Blake sounds good when I looked him up. Neither honestly has any real chance. 

Ramos is now a "no." She did the right thing, which someone like Stringer should do -- she admits she has no chance. The candidates should realize the problem is defeating Cuomo. 

A few should drop out (yes, their names will be on the ballot) and narrow the field. A person who does not provide much of a difference from other candidates, that much more so.

The candidates need to be serious. The policy of supporting multiple endorsements makes sense given the ranking system. My city council district has led to a clear frontrunner and multiple endorsements of a second candidate (Diaz). This joint endorsement policy is much more important in the mayoral race. 

Ramos, however, decided to endorse Cuomo. She said he had to resign as governor. She flagged sexual abuse allegations against him. She knows he is unfit. 

But now decides to endorse him, allegedly in part since he would be the strongest against Trump. Which is rather doubtful, especially for someone who helped independents control the state senate to protect his own power. He is as likely to compromise. 

Progressives, rightly so, are fleeing her like the plague. Cuomo didn't even endorse her. He said she endorsed me, but I don't endorse her. Any ridicule and scorn she is receiving is well deserved. She is a traitor, hypocrite, and coward. 

We need minimum standards in these times. If Cuomo won the nomination, Ramos still should not support Cuomo if there is a strong alternative. There very well might be a Working Family candidate in that scenario. 

If you have to swallow the bile to avoid a Republican mayor, okay. I can understand that. But the primary is not over yet. There is no good reason for her to support Cuomo now.

People like her should be shunned. These types of decisions helped us get to the current situation, no matter what political stripe they reflect. Republicans cowardly support Trump. Now, Ramos cowardly supports a Trump-like figure.

The saving grace is that she is such a trivial voice now that her endorsement is fairly meaningless.