Why Bill de Blasio's reported 2020 run isn't actually that absurd

Bill de Blasio.
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Apparently we needed another Democrat to join the "polling at 1 percent" crowd.

Despite the wishes of his fellow YMCA-goers, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce a 2020 run next week, three sources tell the New York Daily News. The report sparked a lot of excellent questions about why the overflowing Democratic pool needs a 22nd member, let alone one who can't get his city's public transit system up to speed.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.