In many respects, Democrats have been unable to move the ball down the field. There are many steps needed over many cycles to get back in this game, and they are incapable. Some even think this a good time for a Mamdani, and policies that are dead on arrival in this hyper-capitalistic environment where the greed goblins own the field so hard that any hint of progressivism on the left is blown to bits instantly.

It's not even close to the right time for the left to take their shot.