Andrew Cuomo would not have been a better candidate than Biden

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has earned bipartisan plaudits for his diplomatic handling of New York’s coronavirus crisis. With his tempered daily briefings about the pandemic, Cuomo is a constant presence in the news — a marked contrast to President Trump’s random spats with the media. But Cuomo might be striking an even sharper contrast with Joe Biden, who seems to be in hiding.

Some of this has led liberals to entertain the fantasy that Cuomo could somehow replace Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. That wouldn’t only be practically impossible. It would also be a colossal political miscalculation.