Surely, Newsom is not this naive. To adopt deer-in-the-headlights in the face of an real oligarhic strong-arm violation of antitrust laws without a fight will doom his chances of rising to the top of the dem's presidential primary. Any number of other dem's will clean up on this capitulation
As someone who has battled Newsom for >25yrs:
Please don’t give credence and aid to this dangerous notion of inevitability. We are not even close to the determining the 2028 Dem Party nominee. We need more fight and less fatalism from smart people like yourself.
The electorate will decide that. I don't like him either but I won't be pulling a purity act (not saying you would) by withholding my vote in the general against the GOP.
This is part of why we are under fascist rule. There are real issues here. It is not cut and dry and turning it into a shallow Newsom slam is both irresponsible and harmful. You don’t agree -fine, give an intelligent take that looks at the issues. If not, please find a Republican to sling mud at.
Counterpoint: Fuck Newsom, the presidential primary race is two years away, and if the Democratic party is stupid enough to nominate a Bush Republican like Newsom, they've preemptively surrendered to the fascists.
On a list of punchable faces, our boy here is right at the top.
Dude will throw anyone or any group under the bus if he thinks it will be good for him.
People need to listen to those of us who have watched him since he started in politics here in SF back in the 1990's when he worked with Willie Brown.
Do not nominate this guy!
Sometimes I forget that I personally canvassed for Newsom during that recall campaign, and Newsom keeps opting to remind me that I did, and that I should regret it.
Newsom repeatedly demonstrates mediocre white man trying to suck up to wealth and power energy when actually governing.
A better looking Emmanuel brother.
I'm hoping he doesn't become the Democratic Party nominee.
I don't trust him, nor trust what he says. Like so many politicians, it's not what he says, it's what he does that counts.
As important as it is for Democrats to win 2028, a Newsom presidency would just be another 4 year Bidenesque interregnum between awful and catastrophic MAGA rule. Only this time, the follow-up would be Vance/Carlson or someone else who is truly dangerous.