As someone from another state, it's amusing how the mayor of a city has more clout than governor of the state.

Anyone can balance a budget by just delaying pension contributions. It's not impressive.

What happens next year?

Progressives love to point out how popular their candidates are but fail to realize they're in a filter bubble that doesn't reflect the wider electorate. They were jubilant when al-Sayed won, but betting market odds for democrats winning dropped as a result.

Absolutely, we are SO looking forward to replaying 1918-1922 in Post-imperial Russia.