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It's unsurprising Newsom is leading, given all the media coverage he's been given.
Anyway, any poll result now for 2028 is meaningless. A lot's going to happen between now and then, and non-centrist candidates will probably emerge, and possibly do well.
After reading through the comments here, I’m no longer curious as to how we arrived at where we currently are. We’re an absolute mess! An embarrassingly arrogant and equally ignorant mess.
And while it’s true that our future remains uncertain, after reading through this thread, I’m not sure it’s a good idea that any of us hold on to any length of hope that this disaster will ever right itself again. That is, if it is to be believed that we are a microcosm of a larger collective.
It’s said, that hope is a luxury of those who have a choice. But we had a choice. And what did we do? We slept. We withheld votes in protest. We stayed home. We opted out. However it is presented- We made our choice.
And now here we are. Salivating at the chance to tear one another a new asshole while we marinade in the results of our inability to do the bare minimum to protect a nation’s democracy.
We didn’t just deserve this:
We earned it.
If this is the basket the Democrats put their eggs into I sense 8 years of the couch fucker in our futures. Newsome fucking sucks. At best he panders to progressives with one hand while he signs yet another shady bullshit deal behind closed doors like every single other politician alive with his other.
You think it's just a coincidence that all the money they raised with that benefit concert happened to go into non-profits that his wife runs? You think its been an accident that those effected by the fires haven't seen a penny from that concert?
California has some of the most corrupt and inept leadership it has ever had. More money than ever is being spent on things like homelessness and public transit projects, but strangely both the public transit and homeless problem have only been getting worse.
Fuck Gavin Newsome.
Newsom is, and always has been, a slimy neoliberal greaseball. Not only does he not pander to progressives, he is the pinnacle of Democratic Party leftward obstructionism. Newsom serves nobody but Newsom. His current act is nothing more than the latest strategy to bolster his Presidential prospects after openly pandering to the far right failed to gain him any ground.
Idk how he would pander to progressives after mostly vetoing progressive laws in California then going on an anti trans kick once Trump won
The DNC will die before it learns a lesson.
Voters will die before they learn the lesson. Beating fascism is more important than getting a candidate who agrees with everything you want.
There's no way he would win an election.
Why not? He has a key advantage over Hillary and Kamala: he has a penis.
He's also a multimillionaire married to a billionaire, which helps. Him, not the voters, but it helps.
Great. He's gonna Hilary-up the election again.
Don't forget to pokey-mon-go to the polls.
Yeah, let's put up another California democrat that's too centrist to attract progressives and too California to attract middle America, it worked so well last time...
If progressives dont vote against fascism they arent progressive
It only makes sense to those who only think hilldog and Harris lost because they were women not because they ran God awful campaigns
A month ago, I would have said the same thing. Right now though, he's the only candidate I see standing up to Trump
I don't particularly like his policies, but I want someone either very progressive, or willing to get dirty
The current regime is far too fascist for me to worry about whether someone is progressive enough
It's almost as if the people who find Republican issues compelling would rather vote for a full Republican than a Republican-lite. Maybe if he curses while doubling down on Zionism he will somehow reach the 3rd rail 🙄
But why?? Because he's acting like trump??
No, because he's mocking Trump. And because he's fighting back in the dirt with redistricting.
Did you read the article?
He's standing up to trump by just going mask off and acting like him
Slop
They're going to do Hillary 3.0 in 2028 aren't they.
It's his turn
You better believe it!
Sure, let's elect a Reagan republican dressed up as a democrat who will spend his whole term trying to reach across the aisle.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom torched his own political party and said Democrats have to speak to Republicans — and reject cancel culture — if they want to win.
Screw that. I enjoy watching Newsom bicker with Trump just like I enjoy when the Lincoln Project mocks Trump. But the next democratic candidate needs to be an actual progressive that supports workers and the disadvantaged in our nation.
I am very willing to debate this leading up to and during the primaries, but once those are done I am going to vote against the GOP no matter who is on the ballot.
I am going to vote against fascism. If the Democratic party insists on choosing a candidate who agrees with Republican efforts to genocide me, then I am going to vote against their fascist too. And don't come looking for me to whine about it after; by the time the Niemoller poem gets to you I'll be long gone already.
My fear is that the politics-as-sport metaphor has become too literal. He's getting attention by hitting at Trump and more Democrats should be doing that, but his actual policies and stances are uninspiring and offensive. He's another pro-corporate, pro-wealth, pro-status-quo white guy whose best quality is he isn't Trump.
Completely agree. I long for the day I can finally for FOR something rather than AGAINST something.
On the other hand, not-trump is a pretty damn good quality.
Pretty sad to see all these bluemagas already prepared to lose and suck it up and vote for gruesome newsom. Why would the dems give you anything if you're prepared to do whatever they ask of you anyway??? Hey boss I would like a salary increase but dont worry if you cant I'm gonna work here forever no matter what...
Let's see if we get a competitive primary. We really haven't had one of those since 2008. If Newsom can win over genuine challengers in a primary, then maybe he can pull off a win in the general.
Who gives a shit if he can win? Arguably its even worse if the dems get to run a candidate like that and still get votes.
Newsom is a corpo's idea of a progressive candidate. That is, he's not a progressive candidate.
He's not actually doing anything, and less than six months ago he was sucking up to Alex Jones and Charlie Kirk and telling them he agrees with them and the Dems need to move to the right on "social issues" like the existence of LGBT and racism.
Newsom is who the billionaires want, he'd be the worst possible pick for anyone else.
So who instead? Bernie? Jesus. You people don't want anything.
Thank God this is the top comment here. I keep seeing these posts about him and I'm just worried all the liberals are falling for his bullshit pandering.
