I can get behind relentless. Yes, I don't recall ever seeing the specific kind of pointless consultation you mentioned, but there are definitely administrative inefficiencies that can be dispensed with. We don't need to throw minorities under the bus to do that, there's a lot of patronizing empty gestures that aren't actually doing anyone any favours and that's not being anti-minority. We are going to take an L here and there, Mamdani has and he is still doing fine, but it doesn't stop him from moving on to what objectives he can make progress on. It's not one big legislative gamble and then 3 years of campaigning, its relentless pursuit of community, of human dignity, of things that matter for real people every day. Don't do omnibus, bury the republicans on paperwork and hold them accountable for every "No." Make them justify why Meemaw couldn't have her medications covered. Plaster it on the news that you can't get new rail lines because senator Dinglehoper promised his donor a new yacht before he'd let a train line be built. Don't take no for an answer, if the answer is no today, then try it again another way, and another, and another. Have the courage to play to the base, not just the other side and say the thing that is going to make you some enemies. Relentless, not reckless. No scapegoats required.