"Progressive liberals" really do sit around in Washington Generals jerseys

Emphasis mine.

Charitably, New York Democrats were probably afraid that if Republicans sued successfully, a court could redraw the map with no solicitude for Democratic incumbents. They were trying to protect themselves, with little concern for national Democrats. But if Republicans had sued to thwart a gerrymander and won, the cost would have been minimal: The Legislature would merely have to try again.

Instead, it didn’t even try, choosing instead to shore up its individual fates at the expense of the party broadly.

If I was a talent scout for the NFL I would take them to any DNC rally when they're looking for Quarterbacks. Because they can throw.

We're the adults in the room, we have to make it so everybody gets exactly half the seats so it's fair.

Wait New York isn't a democrat stronghold? Wild.

they claimed that the maps were to blame, a storyline that conveniently distracted from the thoroughgoing institutional decay of the state Democratic party, which lacks basic organizing and turnout infrastructure.

This right here is why parties lose. It's what happened in Florida. It's happening in New York.

I'm sure the Democrats made maps that are less gerrymandered, but the math on 2022 votes per precinct still works out to a similar 2022 outcome. Because the NY Dems are apparently not running their party very well.

Democrats need to focus on building a party apparatus as formidable as the Republican Party was before Trump. If they don't do that, they will continue to lose.