Cynthia Nixon Confronts Miranda on the Campaign Trail

This article explains perfectly why she is not taken seriously outside of the five boroughs (ok four since I doubt Staten Islanders are too crazy about her) as a candidate. People see her as an actress and fashion plate running a vanity campaign. I do not know her and cannot comment on her qualifications for the job. I can think of multiple TV and movie celebrities besides President Trump who've gone into politics (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Fred Grandy, Ben Jones, Jesse Ventura, Fred Thompson, etc) with varying degrees of success. Governor Cuomo has his faults, but it's hard to deny his record of accomplishments a liberal (fracking ban, sanctuary, marriage equality and more). That she is surrounded by fashion and media types from Manhattan will do little to help.

What's so amazing about all of this is that Cynthia Nixon made tens of millions from the Sex in the City franchise, and thanks to the film & television tax credit, was able to live in New York, her hometown. And yet she wants to abolish the program, despite the thousands of local crew members, hard working New Yorkers whose job it was to support the actors and the show. Those crew members don't have the luxury of never having to work again, and they certainly don't get the coddling and perks that actors receive. I'm sure she counts many of them her friends, and yet when it comes to a tax credit that has more than payed for itself and has kept all those people employed, Ms. Nixon doesn't seem to give a sh*t. So you have to ask yourself, if she's willing to do that to the very people whose job it was to serve her needs, just imagine what she'll do for you.

This article says it all ! Cringeworthy and desperate attempt to garner votes , there is a reason millennials could care less for what made Cynthia Nixon's career, one can't help but compare it to" Fifty Shade Of " corny and out of touch . So much for qualifications .

The democrats are killing themselves over the term “progressive”. Let’s hope it doesn’t affect the outcome of the mid term elections. I say first get control of at least 1 branch of the government (ideally the Senate), then have an internal debate how far left the party can go and still defeat trump in 2020. This is a time for being practical, not ideological. As for Ms Nixon, I say all the power to her. Every citizen has a right to run for office. If I resided in NY, I’d vote for her and I’m a left of center democrat. Her opponent seems really corrupt and a bully, but maybe that’s the nature of NY politics. My favorite look on her from Sex and the City was dark blazer, white shirt, and skinny black tie.

Outside of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and perhaps Syracuse, she is toxic. It's no time to put a Republican governor in charge of New York. This is not a time in our nation's history to play amateur games.

Cuomo needs to be challenged. But not by an amateur. Should he lose, can Cuomo transition to acting? I've grown very tired out the belief that 'anyone can do it.' Do you remember when H.W. Bush thought that anyone with expertise in any field could teach middle school? Ya need to know a lot more than plumbing if ya wanna teach in a vo-tech, people. Look at the mess having a mediocre real estate turned reality show guy as president has gotten us in. It's not ok, but it is if democrats do it? Why not admit that public policy, dealing with legislatures, etc. are not something you pick up in your spare time? Let's face it. Obama didn't spend much time in a class room (so he never learned to communicate difficult ideas to those less informed than he). And he didn't have a lot of legislative experience, and none as an attorney (so he never learned to negotiate). So most of his presidency was stasis. Yah, Cynthia! Yo go, girl!

My voice doesn’t really matter here, since I don’t live in NY, but I’m so infuriated by this that I cannot refrain from commenting. I’m a fairly progressive person who also happens to be a lesbian, but I think this is a good way lose elections and keep Republicans happy at a time when our country’s fate is at stake. Delusional radicals holding the vast majority of “cisgenders” in contempt is a pathway to further atomization of the voting population.this is a time to unite people, not divide them. Drag queens? I don’t think so. And superficial, uninformed Marxist jargon spouted by people who have probably never been to a country where a centralized, planned economy was attempted ( and failed) have no business running for office. Ms. Nixon should stick to acting and making excellent fashion statements.

The darling of the New York Times, which inexplicably is an advocate for legal recreational pot, which this candidate supports. She is vapid. I'm a Democrat and a feminist who hope she is not elected.

Where can I get a T-Shirt?

“She should ride Miranda all the way to the freaking White House as far as I’m concerned,” Ms. DeLaria said. How about she doesn’t? Isn’t one politically inept celebrity enough to convey the reality that a State’s chief executive might do well to have some relevant experience?

This article only serves to excite the radical Democrat base. It also serves as an advertisement for voting Republican in November and beyond.

Hooray for celebrity worship!

BRAVA!!!!!!!! Let the rest of us know how to support you and where to go. Jen Padron

The best thing to happen to the state of New York in a long time !!! The nyt should cover her more

Hopefully this campaign will be over soon. The last thing we need is another TV star in political office.

Maybe they should ask about her role in John Guare's "Lydie Breeze." More interesting and relevant. Though it was 1982.

I am not so sure Ms. Nixon is "confronting" Miranda so much as embracing her. Well, girl's gotta make a living somehow … and, hey, the orange looks great.

To quote Shakespeare’s original and totally naive Miranda: “O brave new world that has such creatures in it!”

She has the same experience as Trump did for his job . So how's that working out for you.

So the person who wants to be our next governor of New York is all about clothes and hot trends but has no experience in running anything? I give her more credit than that; this type of article trivializes Cynthia Nixon, a very smart and apparently savvy woman who has the courage to run a major campaign on no experience. And this is not what a serious candidate needs if she wants to run this large, fractious, and very complex state.

Once again, the Bernie Left doing what the Bernie Left does best: helping Republicans and hurting Democrats.

Ever see that political cartoon about the passenger who decides they can pilot the plane because they’re tired of “the elites” up front and want to throw the bums out and pilot themselves? It was intended to make fun of Trump and his populist/conservative supporters’ belief that any citizen can run the government. Alas, it also applies to liberals in this case. If we wouldn’t want an amateur without experience piloting our plane or conducting our surgery, why would we want an amateur like Ms. Nixon directing the executive branch of the state government in Albany??

Being a woman is not a qualification for being governor nor is being gay or male or black or young or old. Being right and qualified is. Ms. Nixon is not so she fails the test no matter how "stylish" he fans might be.

Just in case those knowledgeable about all the outfits on Sex and the City are not aware of Ms. Nixon's political beliefs: On July 10 Cynthia Nixon told Politico she is a Democratic Socialist. The goals of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won't appeal to most Democrats, much less Republicans; here are just two examples: (https://www.dsausa.org/where_we_stand#global ) 1. "Economic democracy means...direct ownership and/or control of much of the economic resources of society by the great majority of wage and income earners." This is plain old Marxism/Communism, where workers own/control the means of production; it hasn't worked elsewhere and won't appeal to US voters. 2. "Social redistribution--the shift of wealth and resources from the rich to the rest of society--will require...massive redistribution of income from corporations and the wealthy to wage earners and the poor and the public sector, in order to provide the main source of new funds for social programs, income maintenance and infrastructure rehabilitation...." This goal is not feasible in the US. I think Democratic Party leaders are wrong to hail a newbie like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez as the future of our party. Cynthia Nixon, Ms. O-C and other Democratic Socialists will not likely achieve more than sporadic wins, and may cost us many wins in the mid-terms and 2020. Abolishing ICE and turning the means of production over to workers are suicidal platform planks for the Democratic Party.

For those knowledgeable about all the outfits on Sex and the City but unaware of Ms. Nixon's political beliefs: On July 10 Cynthia Nixon told Politico she is a Democratic Socialist. The goals of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won't appeal to most Democrats, much less Republicans; here are just two examples: (https://www.dsausa.org/where_we_stand#global ) 1. "Economic democracy means...direct ownership and/or control of much of the economic resources of society by the great majority of wage and income earners." This is plain old Marxism/Communism, where workers own/control the means of production; it hasn't worked elsewhere and won't appeal to US voters. 2. "Social redistribution--the shift of wealth and resources from the rich to the rest of society--will require...massive redistribution of income from corporations and the wealthy to wage earners and the poor and the public sector, in order to provide the main source of new funds for social programs, income maintenance and infrastructure rehabilitation...." This goal is not feasible in the US. I think Democratic Party leaders are wrong to hail a newbie like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez as the future of our party. Cynthia Nixon, Ms. O-C and other Democratic Socialists will not likely achieve more than sporadic wins, and may cost us many wins in the mid-terms and 2020. (Remember Bernie in 2016) Abolishing ICE and turning the means of production over to workers are suicidal platform planks for the Democratic Party.

Miranda was a corporate attorney who became a partner and then left her firm when the anti-feminist behavior was unbearable. When SATC ended Cynthia Nixon's character was part of a non-profit doing community service. Miranda and her husband Steve moved to a brownstone in Brooklyn with their son and dog and that's how her story line ended. Prescient, perhaps. Brooklyn was just becoming cool at that time.Embarrassing for a candidate? Absolutely NOT. President Reagan's film experience featured him co-starring with a chimpanzee.

For those knowledgeable about all the outfits on Sex and the City but unaware of Ms. Nixon's political beliefs: On July 10 Cynthia Nixon told Politico she is a Democratic Socialist. The goals of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won't appeal to most Democrats, much less Republicans; here are just two examples: (https://www.dsausa.org/where_we_stand#global ) 1. "Economic democracy means...direct ownership and/or control of much of the economic resources of society by the great majority of wage and income earners." This is plain old Marxism/Communism, where workers own/control the means of production; it hasn't worked elsewhere and won't appeal to US voters. 2. "Social redistribution--the shift of wealth and resources from the rich to the rest of society--will require...massive redistribution of income from corporations and the wealthy to wage earners and the poor and the public sector, in order to provide the main source of new funds for social programs, income maintenance and infrastructure rehabilitation...." This goal is not feasible in the US. I think Democratic Party leaders are wrong to hail a newbie like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez as the future of our party. Cynthia Nixon, Ms. O-C and other Democratic Socialists will not likely achieve more than sporadic wins, and may cost us many wins in the mid-terms and 2020. (Remember Bernie in 2016) Abolishing ICE and turning the means of production over to workers are suicidal platform planks for the Democratic Party.

I am sure Ms. Nixon is a fine person. We may even share many political beliefs. Have we not learned the danger of electing celebrities. Let her put her time in, work her way up and gain experience at some lower level political jobs, then let us see how strong a candidate she might be for the Governor’s mansion. Oh I am an ex New Yorker but are you ever really an “ex” New Yorker?

I am a native NYer. I am not a fan of Andrew Cuomo--I think there is too much corruption around him, but being Governor of NY requires experience in governing--in dealing with a massive bureaucracy, one of the largest state budgets in the country, and policy experience. Ms. Nixon's background as an activist and actress have not prepared her for the job.

As a democrat I am torn on who to vote for but believe that Ms. Nixon's very presence is good for us all because she will keep Cuomo clearer and more liberal. She loses me with grand statements about abolishing ICE so I wait and listen. I do however think she hurts her cause having Susan Sarandon anywhere near her campaign. I will leave it at that for now.

As a guy, a gay guy, you can call me sexy but not sexist. I would like to see our patriarchal government replaced with a matriarchal government. Let's face it, the men have screwed up big time. Ms. Nixon, always a class act, walks a fine line here embracing Miranda, it could tip her one way or another with the voters. I think her Sex and the City themed campaign fundraiser would be more appropriately called FUNraising :) I wish Ms. Nixon all the best.