Kathy Hochul had no reason to worry: this faithful Democrat from Buffalo who, in 2021, had replaced deposed governor Andrew Cuomo at short notice seemed to be on her way to confirmation at the polls, this November 8, against a rival Republican lightweight, Lee Zeldin.
How else to imagine another result, in this industrious state of the Northeast crushed by the demographic weight of the eponymous city, the vibrant Big Apple and its 8.3 million inhabitants, city-sanctuary of the Democratic vote.
And as the Democrats see the ground slipping from under their feet, the peaceful Empire State suddenly turns into a merciless battlefield: the great national figures such as the Clintons, Biden and Obama are called to the rescue, to raise the profile of the discreet Hochul, 64,
Lee…
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