Lucas: AOC and Zohran Mamdani are now the leaders of the Democratic Party

They are suddenly the Bogie and Bacall of national politics They ve got it all which has stunned the Democratic Party And while they may not be headed to Key Largo like iconic Hollywood stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall they just might end up in Gracie Mansion Bogie Bacall do New York and the Republicans love it Democrats not so much It could even be worse for Democrats though in that the left-wing lunatics if elected could become the Bonnie Clyde of New York and not Bogie Bacall Gracie Mansion is the home of the mayor of New York now occupied by Eric Adams who left the Democratic Party to run for re-election as an Independent Now Adams could be replaced by radical socialist Zohran Mamdani the upstart Democratic nominee for mayor of New York who is playing Bogie to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez s Bacall Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary ballot party Wednesday June in New York AP Photo Heather Khalifa Like Bacall who supplied mystery and magic to help make Bogart a movie star AOC supplied the potential and magic to make Mamdani a political star The two campaigned as though they were made for each other even though Mamdani is married but not to AOC who is single It worked They not only shocked former Gov Andrew Cuomo who campaigned as though balloting was a mere formality but shocked the regular left-wing Democratic Party establishment as well Mamdani and AOC dazzled Her endorsement and physical campaign contribution pushed Mamdani over the top He perhaps could not have won the primary without her They purely ran circles around Cuomo and everybody else with a spirited and vigorous campaign that attracted the votes of young people These voters seemed oblivious to the fact that his campaign promises if fulfilled would turn the country s biggest city into Chicago Los Angeles Seattle or even Kampala Uganda where Mamdani was born If elected Mamdani who does not look kindly on Jews to say the least would become the first Muslim mayor of New York which has the biggest Jewish population in the country As mayor Mamdani has promised to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Netanyahu dares visit New York Maybe Netanyahu could vow to arrest Mamdani if he came to Tel Aviv to go surfing Mamdani came to the U S at age seven with his parents and became a naturalized citizen in His father Mahmood is a pro Hamas anti-Israel professor at naturally Columbia where the younger Mamdani participated in anti-Israeli protests His mother Mira Nair is a filmmaker which presumably accounts for Mamdani s profitable interaction like AOC with cameras of all makes and sizes In fact he and AOC campaigning together were treated like movie stars in a Hollywood script They were so good on the stage that the nonsense they espoused like cabinet grocery stores and taxing white people more did not matter It just looked and sounded good They had vibes Despite all the socialist gibberish he and AOC babble about Mamdani has a good chance of becoming mayor and AOC of becoming a U S senator Mamdani will be the only Democrat running in the final electoral contest as both Mayor Eric Adams and Cuomo will be running as independents and guaranteed to split the vote The fourth candidate is Republican Curtis Silwa the veteran creator of the Guardian Angels Foundation At the same time Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who rose from obscurity to become a national political leader has veteran New York U S Sen Chuck Schumer concerned When he seeks re-election in to the U S Senate where he has served since after years in the House he will be years old AOC in her third term in the House will be Related Articles Lucas Trump should demand the unconditional surrender of the Democrat Party Lucas Obama and the Democrats paved the way for Iran s nuclear venture Lucas Mike Kennealy s common-sense candidacy Lucas National Guard in Democrat spin machine Lucas Corner Office could use U S Marine sensibility Schumer will be running with the wind in his face against a candidate who has the wind and more at her back Bogie Bacall or Bonnie Clyde if you prefer are now the leaders of the Democratic Party or what s left of it Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas can be reached at peter lucas bostonherald com