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ancianita

(42,294 posts)
13. Not really. IMHO, at this point it's
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:39 PM
Oct 6

never too early for Democratic leaders to step up and get national coverage with overriding and superior, law based messages to Washington.

Even most Americans would be happy to have a previous mayor of a major U.S.city, and now 7-year governor of the 4th largest economy on the Earth as a presidential contender.

Not for nothing...
Newsom has more and greater local and state economic decision making experience than any other Democratic opponent in 2028, including JB Pritzker.
Newsom's run his own business, and guided the CA legislature's priorities.
Newsom as governor projected a humane governance by declaring a moratorium on the state's death penalty, police reform, increased housing, and through his executive orders, steered CA as well, if not better, than other governors through the early 20's Covid pandemic and economic downturn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom

He's filed against Trump in the federal courts, gotten a CA law passed that bans mask use by all federal forces; he's trolled the heck out of Trump on social media and, held several media interviews, and held press conferences, all of which have gone viral.

And for the record, Kamala has said more than once that she loves him for his leadership and sense of humor.

Why guess, unless like many Democrats, you're in the habit of making the perfect the enemy of the good.



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I could see that Oregon Attorney General in a Democratic DOJ Captain Zero Oct 6 #1
He IS leadership, he's governor of California, doing his job. betsuni Oct 6 #2
I mean for 2028 Figarosmom Oct 6 #3
Please. The EC is in the Constitution & will need a Constitutional Amendment to get rid of. Hekate Oct 6 #8
Superman did his supernatural feats all by himself, so we know anything is possible without worrying about votes betsuni Oct 6 #12
The Supreme Court has ALREADY BEEN "PACKED" by the right-wing. Adding justices Jack Valentino Oct 6 #23
What I think is reasonable and what I think can actually be done are two different things... Hekate Oct 6 #24
The problem with adding justices to the Supreme Court is that there would be tit for tat escalating responses each time Midwestern Democrat Oct 6 #25
This is some pie in the sky TheProle Oct 6 #10
Newsom has been onto trump since COVID. Trump was being a 100% ahole toward California... C Moon Oct 6 #4
I'm not saying he's the best candidate for 2028, because California is very blue. C Moon Oct 6 #5
California is blue on the coasts, with a very red interior. Nothing is easy or guaranteed. Hekate Oct 6 #9
The interior of CA is red, but it also lightly populated. maxsolomon Oct 6 #16
That's what saves us, when we get out the vote sufficiently Hekate Oct 6 #18
Agreed. But I was saying for the rest of the country Newsom could be a hard sell for a Democratic gov from California. C Moon Tuesday #26
Newsom has absolutely done the best he could against Trump, who hates us like poison Hekate Oct 6 #11
A lot of it can be attributed to ideological purity. Some are trolls, of course. BannonsLiver Oct 6 #14
Indeed that is so Hekate Oct 6 #19
You guess? ancianita Oct 6 #6
Nope, it's still early and still watching Figarosmom Oct 6 #7
Not really. IMHO, at this point it's ancianita Oct 6 #13
Your last sentence is definitely not me Figarosmom Oct 6 #17
Yeah, it is. You just mistakenly think Dems are running "too early." ancianita Oct 6 #21
❤️ your reply Hekate Oct 6 #20
Bernie isn't a Democrat. ananda Oct 6 #15
Yet his record of voting WITH Democrats is higher than some Dems in the Democratic Caucus. Fact. ancianita Oct 6 #22
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