Nancy Jacobson, Holly Page, The Consultant-Industrial Complex & The Dems' Billionaire Wing

How The No Labels Crew Became The GOP’s 5th Column In The Democratic Party

"Building A New Kind Of Party" by Nancy Ohanian

Yesterday’s Quinnipiac Poll, like all public NYC mayoral polls, showed Zohran Mamdani continuing to dominate the election, leading “the race with 45 percent support among likely voters, followed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo running as an independent candidate with 23 percent support, Republican Curtis Sliwa with 15 percent support, and Mayor Eric Adams running as an independent candidate with 12 percent support… Among independents, 37 percent support Mamdani, 27 percent support Cuomo, 19 percent support Sliwa, and 12 percent support Adams. Among Republicans, 56 percent support Sliwa, 21 percent support Adams, 11 percent support Cuomo, and 5 percent support Mamdani.”

So… Mamdani isn’t popular “among Republicans.” No surprise there. And when we say “Republicans,” we include the Republican wing of the Democratic Party, the heinous, corporately aligned and funded conservatives who have over 3 decades dragging the Democratic Party brand through the mud and confusing voters about what the once proud home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt stands for. Yeah— the Blue Dogs, New Dems, Neo-libs, Third Way, Problem Solvers, DLC, No Labels and AIPAC’s genocide coalition… Tragically, they all but dominate the party under the weak, triangulating,  vacillating leadership of careerists and profiteers propping up the Chuck Schumers and Hakeem Jefferies of Congress.

Yesterday, two of the most odious from that camp— No Labels founders Nancy Jacobson and Holly Page— came to the defense of the Democraps refusing to back Mamdani. A brief note: Tuesday, a Virginia special election saw a landslide victory for centrist  Democrat James Walkinshaw over Republican Stewart Whitson 109,578 (74.9%) to 36,681 (25.1%). In 2024 Connolly had won the district with 66.7% and last year Kamala won this seat last year with 65.7% and the last congressional election saw a victory for incumbent Gerald Connolly with 66.7%. That three-quarters landslide Tuesday was because all factions of the Democratic Party got behind the party nominee. That is far from what Jacobson, Page and other fake Democrats— even Trump-leaning!— are urging in NYC. Expert at spreading political poison for personal profit, working class foes Jacobson and Page wrote that “Every commonsense Democrat knows that socialism and antisemitism have no place in the party— not if they want it to win, let alone serve the public interest. Why, then, are some moderates focused less on rejecting these ideas than on finding ways to camouflage them?”

They worry the some fellow reactionaries are making the cynical calculation about Mamdani “that if the wolf cannot be forced out, they’ll dress it in sheep’s clothing. But rebranding radicals is worse than doing nothing. It not only forfeits the chance to stop them; it helps them in their effort to hijack the party by offering them a free PR makeover. This betrays one of the most immutable lessons of history— do not appease those seeking to conquer you. Without the courage of your convictions, you have nothing. You allow yourself to be redefined and replaced by the strongest insurgent. And right now, that’s the Democratic socialists.”

The two of them went on to sing the praises of conservative Democrats Tom Suozzi (NY) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ) who’ve been loudly leading the charge against Mamdani. Jacobson is the walking embodiment of everything that’s rotten in Democratic politics. She’s not so much a strategist as a middleman for the billionaire class. Her job is to siphon corporate cash, run it through a PR machine, and deliver Democrats who sound like Republicans but vote like lobbyists. For decades she’s been feeding this poison into the bloodstream of the party— from her days in the DLC, to founding No Labels (the most nakedly corrupt dark-money hustle in modern politics), and now by smearing Mamdani on behalf of the developer-and-Wall Street crowd that’s terrified of losing its grip on New York.

This isn’t about “socialism vs. moderation.” It’s about democracy vs. corruption. Mamdani stands with tenants, nurses, and working-class New Yorkers. Jacobson stands with real estate speculators, union-busters, and the war machine. Holly Page is no different— a career profiteer who mistakes shilling for big money as some kind of civic duty. Never forget; these people don’t build movements; they build invoices.

And look at their heroes, like Josh Gottheimer, who openly boasts about his Wall Street connections while gutting the party’s agenda for childcare, housing, and climate. These are the “role models” Jacobson and Page hold up for Democrats? Please. These are grifters with office stationery. Here’s the truth they can’t say out loud: Mamdani is a threat because he represents something money can’t buy. He doesn’t need their consultants, their donor lists, or their backroom deals. He’s got people power. And for operators like Jacobson and Page, that’s the ultimate nightmare— a Democrat who can win without selling his soul. Jacobson, Page and their allies are parasites feeding off a host they’ve been slowly killing for decades. The “Republican wing of the Democratic Party” isn’t just a joke line anymore— it’s the greatest threat to the party’s survival. They’d rather lose with Cuomo or Adams than win with Mamdani, because winning with Mamdani would mean the end of their gravy train.