Rise of the New Left

[Vosem]

I like the article's beginning, where it sums up exactly how deBlasio won (because of smart messaging and other candidates' flaws), but then goes on to say 'I prefer this other explanation, so let's go with that.' The remainder of the article does bring up some interesting points, especially vis-a-vis millennials on social issues, and, to a lesser extent, foreign policy (which is an issue where I think people really are malleable throughout their lifetimes, because the issues are continually changing (as compared with economic issues which are pretty static), so it's difficult to make a generational point). But I have to disagree with him on economics; he describes the economy of the 2000s and how he would react to growing up in that time, but has only a few statistics about Millennials on hand, some of which are poorly defined (socialism vs. capitalism), some of which won't be anywhere near as significant when Millennials are dominant (labor unions), and others on which they disagree with him entirely (Social Security). He seems to be looking and seeing what he wants to see. (I did enjoy the comparison of future Occupy-inspired candidates to such imposing successes as Eugene McCarthy and Jesse Jackson, though.)