Gov. Andrew Cuomo is an “authoritative voice” on matters related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the New York Times. Cable pundits have praised him. And with Joe Biden struggling in his campaign for the White House and facing an increasingly credible charge of sexual assault, some Democrats have even called for Cuomo to replace the doddering former vice president on their national ticket.

Cuomo has a degree of telegenic New York charm, but are we supposed to ignore that his state has made Italy look like a coronavirus success story? Why is the Left, its pundits, politicians, and newspapers, lionizing a failure? No other governor can claim to have done so badly.