Bill Thompson?

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Think about it. Democrats may be bitterly divided in 2020. Andrew Cuomo? Too moderate. Kamala Harris? Too green. Cory Booker? Obama 2.0. Elizabeth Warren? Another academic. Bill de Blasio? Too far left. Tulsi Gabbard? Too compromised with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. Former New York City Controller Bill Thompson would be a good, sane, moderate compromise candidate against Trump. Why?
-Experienced. Served in government all of his career
-African-American moderate. Could appeal to Jewish voters.
-Knows the big city media. Ran for mayor two times against proven candidates (Bloomberg, De Blasio)
-Chairman of the City University of New York (CUNY). Understands college and education issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/nyregion/thompson-seeks-jews-votes-for-new-york-mayor.html

http://observer.com/2013/08/hasidic-power-broker-promises-bill-thompson-11000-votes/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/nyregion/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo.html

The vast majority of America doesn't even know what a comptroller is, let alone would consider a former city comptroller for president.

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Think about it. Democrats may be bitterly divided in 2020. Andrew Cuomo? Too moderate. Kamala Harris? Too green. Cory Booker? Obama 2.0. Elizabeth Warren? Another academic. Bill de Blasio? Too far left. Tulsi Gabbard? Too compromised with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. Former New York City Controller Bill Thompson would be a good, sane, moderate compromise candidate against Trump. Why?
-Experienced. Served in government all of his career
-African-American moderate. Could appeal to Jewish voters.
-Knows the big city media. Ran for mayor two times against proven candidates (Bloomberg, De Blasio)
-Chairman of the City University of New York (CUNY). Understands college and education issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/nyregion/thompson-seeks-jews-votes-for-new-york-mayor.html

http://observer.com/2013/08/hasidic-power-broker-promises-bill-thompson-11000-votes/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/nyregion/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo.html

The vast majority of America doesn't even know what a comptroller is, let alone would consider a former city comptroller for president.

City Auditor. He balances budgets well. He'd eat into Trump's Italian-Irish base.

The average voter doesn't know that. If he ran he'd be the democrats Mark everson

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Why do Italians matter so much? Not only do they not bloc vote or vote primarily on identity politics, they aren't significant in any swing state.

They do make up a little under 12% in Pennsylvania.

But it fits a very New York idea of politics, one that makes no sense nationally.