It’s been 60 years since both parties nominated New Yorkers for President (FDR vs. Dewey). But today, New Yorkers lead the race for both parties (Clinton vs. Giuliani).

I already hear the quibbling that Hillary’s no New Yorker. My position is, if they elected her to the Senate twice, she’s a New Yorker.

In fact, few New Yorkers have been serious contenders for President in the last six decades. Robert Kennedy? John Lindsay? Nelson Rockefeller? Mario Cuomo? Donald Trump? Too liberal, too elitist, too, well, too New York.

Adlai Stevenson seemed like he was from New York. John Kennedy spent a lot of time there. Nixon took refuge there between losing in 60 and winning in 68. But they weren’t the real thing.

So the media and political elites in Manhattan are atwitter over a Subway Election.

But do they really think the Southern-based Republican Party is going to nominate a pro-gay, pro-abortion, dyed-in-the-wall New Yorker who is on his third wife (and who dresses in drag)? Not unless it’s desperate, it won’t.

And they are prematurely awarding the nomination to Hillary.

How bad is this Manhattan myopia? Well, one respected North Carolina writer has pitched publishers on a biography of John Edwards. It’s a great concept: How did the son of a millworker become a contender for President of the United States?

But the New York literary establishment isn’t interested. They say Hillary has the race sewn up.

We’ll see if the New York elite has the same sure political instincts that worked so well for the last 64 years. Fortunately for Hillary, she and Bill have some real-world experience.

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