The Big Mo is against leftists, especially in NY.
Not quite. Name ONE even moderately "conservative" poltician who has done well statewide. In the case of congressional districts Vito Fossella (my congresscritter) is the exception down here. Carolyn McCarthy, Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney and other Dem Socialists in Suburbia and the City are safe.
What New York needs is an influx of Southern Baptists and Mormons to make it more conservative. The Italian/Irish yabbos that I grew up with were only "conservative" if a black person moved on their block...