Zephyr Teachout in Buffalo

As primary election politics have made the Republican Party an extreme right wing enclave, Democratic Party candidates have come to assume that they only need to be a degree to the left of their opponents.   They assume that the traditional Democratic base of a more liberal bent will have no choice but to vote for them as the lesser of two evils.   The New York gubernatorial race is a good example, where incumbent Andrew Cuomo openly espouses economic policies that are only moderate by Tea Party standards.   Professor Teachout wants to attack Cuomo from the left.   The outcome could be enlightening if she can survive attempts to knock her off the ballot and prevent a Democratic Primary for Governor and Lt. Governor.   She spoke to a BTF group yesterday: