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better work on your gag reflexes folks, because they are going to ram this guy down our throats so hard in 2028
Maybe. He’s losing popularity in his home state though, and I wonder how attractive a candidate whose home state doesn’t like them will be at the national level.
Didn't stop Al Gore.
Former Vice President Al Gore. Gavin Newsom has never been VP with a President who’s not running again.
That looks like an advantage, given the track record for Al Gore and Walter Mondale. ETA: Ah geez, how did I forget Kamala Harris?
Or it could be why they got the party nod even though they weren’t attractive candidates to the people.
I’d actually expect it to be more likely if Newsom gets the nod for VP and then tries to launch that to a Presidential run the next time around.
um, RM Nixon 1960?
Al Gore literally had the presidency stolen from him by SCOTUS.
From Wikipedia:
I can't blame Gore for unpopularity when he won the popular vote, and would have won the electoral vote had they just been allowed to actually count the votes fairly.
He lost Tennessee, his home state, though.
I see what you're saying, but I think you wouldn't be saying these things if the votes had been tallied properly and he became POTUS.
Or Harris
Former Vice President Kamala Harris. Gavin Newsom has never been VP with a President who’s not running again.
A dem not being popular in Tennessee is different from a dem not popular in CA.
Al Gore actually seemed really cool, though. I'm not sure I've ever heard a controversial opinion from Al Gore? EDIT: Found one, his wife supported music censorship for teens and he wholly supported her for it while working as a senator.
Al "Inviting Dee Snyder to testify will be a slam dunk for our pro-censorship position, there's no way that guy who's famous for being able to concisely convey resonating political statements in 5 minutes or less is articulate, what could possibly go wrong" Gore? God, I wasn't even alive for it and it still pisses me off that craven dick was chosen as candidate...
Oh god, I love that series of hearings. My favorite is when Bob Denver showed up, told Al Gore he was full of shit to his face, then bounced because he had a meeting with NASA
I mean, given his competition, it still blew my mind that the election was close enough to be stolen. That cycle was key to the development of my Theory of Widespread Stupidity.
I think without looking, statistically it's not great.
On the bright side, he won't get elected in 2028 if they do that. On the down side, it'll mean handing MAGAts another victory.
You still have a say in primaries. Ignoring them is what allows them to push their choice.
I've voted in every primary since I turned 18 in the year 2000 and this is still happening.
My ballot must be broken.
Progressives are done holding their nose to vote.
The DNC will call this bluff because they don't care if they lose.
Yes they do care. It may not have seemed like it thus far, but only because they thought they could ride it out. It’s becoming obvious they can’t as people become more angry. They want to keep their positions and their pay and their perks, and that’s all on the line if they lose the midterms.
There are only so many jobs on network television.
So supporting trump it is and always been then.
How you breath and walk at the same time is a miracle
Doubt it. They’ll try, but they ~~want~~ need to win if they want to keep their cushy jobs with their cushy taxpayer funded homes and healthcare, and it’s obvious as fuck the public tide is turning.
If Newsom wants to cling to his old-school anti progressive bullshit, he’s going to find that won’t work for long. People are getting angry enough to begin paying attention, and establishment dinosaurs will find they’re about to go extinct.
We’ve seen this trend before, and it’s obvious where this is going.