Cynthia Nixon for NYS governor?

BuddyStarr said: "Enough celebrities running for political office. Usually the only qualification they have for office is a fan base. No experience in government affairs. Haven't we learned anything from Ronald Reagan, Arnold S, Gopher and the Orange menance?"

I am also over celebrities running for political office, and experience in policymaking suddenly being a bad quality in candidates, HOWEVER, I do think Cynthia Nixon is extremely intelligent and does have a history of being an advocate. Should she decide to enter the primary, I'd be interested to see who she puts on her team and decides to surround herself with. Cuomo has been screwing NYC over, and no Republican will advocate for us should they win the seat in Albany.

If there's been a hatchet job against Cuomo, it's because he handed people the hatchet and said, "I DARE you."

Updated On: 3/9/18 at 10:37 AM

Nixon probably knows she has no chance of winning the Dem primary but is doing this to ensure that Cuomo is confronted with the issue of education and etc. that she cares about and keep pestering him about it.

The idea of democracy is that everybody should be able to run, even those who people don't associate with policymaking. Of course, the results of that can vary...to say the least...

I think what made Cheeto and other populist outside-the-box candidates so popular (think Jesse Ventura or even Arnold Schwarzenegger) is because people do like the idea of a "pure-hearted" outsider who hadn't been sullied by the evil and corrupt political culture coming in and shaking up the whole political landscape which people imagine to be full of people who already know each other, went to the same sort of schools, studied the same sort of thing, are from the same untouchable background, and are thus exclusionary and makes the process of policymaking needlessly complicated and difficult to keep others out of it.

That said, when people think that, they don't question whether the people involved are just like that or if you HAVE to be like that in that sort of environment and that's really the most effective way to make policy considering how many interests you have to juggle...even locally or on the state-level. And plus nobody wants surgery from somebody who is an "outsider" in the medical field with no prior experience but yet people think having no experience in policymaking makes one more qualified these days...

Updated On: 3/9/18 at 11:58 AM

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "The idea of democracy is that everybody should be able to run, even those who people don't associate with policymaking. Of course, the results of that can vary...to say the least...


Yes but wouldn't it be a very sad time in democracy if the "everybody" you talk about is essentially a multimillionaire/billionaire and / or famous celebrity / name recognition (i.e. Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger, Trump, Ventura....add Cynthia to the list). So really, the sad thing about our democracy is that it is not everybody. Only the rich/celebs.

I couldn't agree with what JARETHAN says above, more. Well said Jarethan.

Cuomo is extremely likely to be re-elected, but he's understandably worried about being "primaried" by a far left candidate, either Nixon or someone else.



If Nixon decided to run for NY city council, or state representative, or school board -- getting the needed experience in the day-to-day realities of governing, and building the network of supporters in all levels of government needed to be an effective chief executive -- then she would be a much more credible candidate. As is, there isn't much of a reason to vote for her.

BuddyStarr said: "Enough celebrities running for political office. Usually the only qualification they have for office is a fan base. No experience in government affairs. Haven't we learned anything from Ronald Reagan, Arnold S, Gopher and the Orange menance?"

I don't really think the main issue with any of these people was their celebrity status. Trump is a unique example and I've said enough about him elsewhere. Though I suspect we both hate most of Reagan's policies, he was an effective executive and political leader. I would submit that Schwarzenegger, Ventura, and Franken were at least as good as the average career politician, though I am aware that that's not saying much.