The New York mayor’s race is a study in Democratic Party dysfunction
A party with a bad reputation for local governance shows few signs of turning that round
New York City, America’s most innovative metropolis when it comes to making life harder than it needs to be, is about to perform that service for the national Democratic Party. As Democrats go to the polls to choose their next candidate for mayor, the big question is whether they will make their party’s path back to power in Washington rockier by only a little bit, or by a lot.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Blue city blues”
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