Same here. Fuck the haters. We're finally getting somewhere.

But he won. Against the immense media apparatus that was spitting fibs 24/7 and the band of politicians calling him the Antichrist.

Getting a majority vote in a three way contest ain't nothing.

Barely? It was a sweep. Cuomo didn't stand a chance. Stop hating and start supporting, the movement needs you. Yes, you.

Let's downplay his success so we don't have to move to the left.

what are you talking about?

We've got to keep the hope alive. He won't be able to do everything he wants to do. And some things will take time. But he needs support. Think of all the promises that trump has made and immediately reneged - and his base still supports him and that's why he has power. Of course we need to hold politicians responsible, but we need to do it in a way that doesn't splinter our efforts.

Clearly you've either never had hope or have already given up.

I get it, we've all been burned by politicians promising things and never delivering. I think it's easier to deliver on campaign promises at a local level than in national politics, though. Even at the scale of NYC.

For an example of a mayor of a large city delivering on their promises, look at Anne Hidalgo in Paris (coincidentally, also a member of a socialist party).

Don't know, nobody is perfect. Let's hope he is willing and allowed to make more positive changes than negative ones. He seems like a really thoughtful intelligent person.

That's such a feeble criticism: a socialist, living in a capitalist society where everything costs money, needs money to do things, therefore they're not really a socialist. There's no logic to that. Why would anyone imagine that a socialist doesn't need money to do things in a capitalist society? Is he a fraud because he hasn't transformed New York into a moneyless society since yesterday (despite not even being sworn in yet)? When did he promise to do that, or is it just right wingers having no clue what socialism is again?