Pogo
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Philadelphia....democrat mayors since 1952...sure, they aren't the problem....
List of mayors of Philadelphia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Mayors of cities everywhere are usually Democrats. It's how they're organized. And we've done this before.
Political philosophies don't address neighborhoods, or cities. Local areas are run by just that --- LOCALS. What political party they associate with is simply the vehicle to get them into power. On the city level that means using the Democratic Party to get there, even if you're a Republican like Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia or Ray Nagin in New Orleans. Just as if you're looking for power in the suburbs you'll have more success using the Republican Party. Just as if you ran for anything in the South for a century after the Civil War, you either ran as a Democrat or you lost. It's how the channels to power are organized.
Amazingly, before a century or so ago, cities grew up and administered themselves with mayors and councilmembers who had no party affiliation at all. How'd they manage to do that? Don't you need a DNC or RNC official to tell you what day is the proper Democratic or Republican day to have the trash picked up? How do you essplain this?
Basically what you're trying to do here is the same as if a drunk climbs into his Pontiac, runs somebody over, you want to blame Pontiac Motor Division instead of the driver. Doesn't work.
Now, you might want to explore why Republicans can't get elected in cities or Democrats can't get elected in suburbs, but that's a whole different question.