How much clout does 78-year-old Bill Clinton have?

 

Not much, apparently.

Top headline:  New York Times, 6/22/2025

Photo credit:  Associated Press

Headline:  New York Times, 6/25/2025

New York City mayoral race results:  New York Times

Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Nicholas Fandos report in the 6/22 Times on the creaky and crumbling Democratic old-boys network:

Mr. Cuomo worked in the Clinton administration as the housing secretary. The backing of the former president, as well as a taped robocall providing his support, could help turn out older voters in the tightening Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday. [highlighting an unsustainable GOTV practice]

Mr. Clinton said in the robocall that he had hired Mr. Cuomo “because he knew how to get things done” and that he believed he would “stand up and protect the people of this city” from President Trump. 

Mr. Clinton, 78, who lives in a Westchester County suburb north of New York, has not often weighed in on city primary races. His endorsement is another indication that some establishment Democrats prefer Mr. Cuomo to Zohran Mamdani, a state lawmaker and Democratic Socialist who is second in the polls.

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