Facing an alarmingly close race in blue New York state, Democratic governor Kathy Hochul is going full on “I’m with her.” An all-star centrist lineup at a rally at Barnard College last Thursday included Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris as well as the governor herself, all of them standing against a backdrop with the eminently forgettable slogan, “New York Women Vote.”

Hillary Clinton, to her credit, gave a more rousing speech than I would have expected. She talked about Roe v. Wade but also much more: Democrats’ record on job creation, as well as Republicans’ plans to cut Social Security and Medicare, give big tax breaks to the rich, and reject raises to the minimum wage. Republicans want to turn the clock back on women’s rights and gay rights, she said, as well as “put more guns on our streets, more pollution in our air and water” and give “more power to the rich and less for everyone else.”

Clinton also talked about how the Republicans run ads on crime but have no solutions: “They don’t want to keep you safe, they want to keep you scared,” she said. That’s true, but the former Democratic presidential nominee didn’t propose any solutions to the crime problem either, probably because, among other things, addressing it — with permanent and safe housing and non-punitive drug treatment for all who need it, as well as reversing the current New York City Democrat policy of austerity for education, among a few big social investments — would not please the party’s big donors (many of whom do not want to pay more taxes and in any case have drivers, no reason to ride the subway, and little reason to worry about public safety).