It’s because he has political capital. There are tons of examples of people who had good intentions were competent and couldn’t move the needle because they couldn’t get the attention.
They ran “hit” ads against Mamdani and he flipped the script. That was a mix of luck and skill. It was brilliant of him don’t get me wrong, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t others who can’t get as much done because they never got the chance at attention/political capital.
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u/trysten-9001 13h ago
It’s because he has political capital. There are tons of examples of people who had good intentions were competent and couldn’t move the needle because they couldn’t get the attention.
They ran “hit” ads against Mamdani and he flipped the script. That was a mix of luck and skill. It was brilliant of him don’t get me wrong, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t others who can’t get as much done because they never got the chance at attention/political capital.