Now Adams could be replaced by radical socialist Zohran Mamdani, 33, the upstart Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, who is playing Bogie, to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bacall. Like Bacall, who supplied mystery and magic to help make Bogart a movie star, AOC supplied the energy and magic to make Mamdani a political star.

At a moment centrists are battling progressives for control of the Democratic Party, Mamdani’s sudden stardom is all the buzz.

Zohran Mamdani shocked the political world by beating disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo to become the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.