but that is such complete nonsense that it represents nothing less than a massive failure in messaging by the campaign.

Dan Squadron is not a Bloomberg Democrat. He does not want to "privatize" our schools. I mean, really, do some people even bother reading what the man is saying before they form their opinions?

Here's what's happening: we Progressives are so used to having our guys run god-damn fucking abysmally incompetent and lazy and impoverished campaigns that when someone actually works his butt off, we assume that that's just not the way Progressives run their campaigns, so he can't be one of us. I mean, heaven forfend that someone actually get elected, instead of running around striking insipid poses and spouting lame-ass vapid rhetoric at whomever isn't smart or quick enough to get away. That's what progressive campaigns in New York City look like, period, and I'm tired of it. Maybe that's good enough for you and Daniels M & J, but you are being had, plain and simple. You're being played just like you were in the Dahroug race.

Squadron is being backed by the WFP. He's one of the most exciting candidates running this cycle in this state. Connor has the enthusiastic backing of Gatemouth. He's now being primaried two cycles in a row by people fed up with what he has on offer. And along the way, he's being out-worked and out-smarted by a kid half his age. And the only people upset about that are some blog lefties dismayed by a competent campaign and hired hacks like my friend Gatemouth, who has his own unstated reasons for taking sides here. What more do you really need to know?