Newsom tacks to the right…

[Mick1]

…mandating state employees spend at least four days in the office.

Gov. Newsom orders state employees to return to office on July 1

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In absolutely no surprise to anyone. Following the Bubba Clinton playbook . . .

 

[Beeg_Dawg]

He had no room to tack left.

 

[Mick1]

Get ready for Gavin Newsom, moderate.

His first podcast, with Charlie Kirk no less, he says he’s against transgender athletes.

Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports – POLITICO

He also pointed out Kamala’s shortcomings, particularly over gender transformation surgery for immigrants, and the fact that she didn’t repudiate it.

And…

• Distanced himself from “defund the police”
• Rejected pronoun misusage
• Rejected the use of “Latinx”…which Latinos hate, btw.
• Denounced “cancel culture”
• Said there are internal issues with Black Lives Matter

He could have gone A LOT further. There’s plenty wrong with California that he either spurred, advocated, agreed with or failed to resist. And I think he realizes that there is a lot of breaking down…he has a lot to answer for, not the least of which is the $150 billion train between whocares and nowhere.

He also said the Republicans were right to paint Democrats as out of step politically.

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[Mick1]

Here’s the podcast in question:

And, This Is Charlie Kirk – This is Gavin Newsom – Apple Podcasts

Interestingly, Gavin Newsom connected with Charlie Kirk through his ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle — recently drumped by Trump Jr. As Kirk recounts it “This is a guy who wants to be President more than any other human being alive.” Yep. That’s true.

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s secret role in her ex-husband Gavin Newsom’s political revival | Daily Mail Online

Newsom has a lot to walk back, and my guess is that it will take him the better part of two years. The 2028 primary battles will start in early 2027, right after Newsom terms out of the Governorship.

Guilfoyle, for her part, says the Progressives really changed Newsom, who used to fight for small businesses, entrepreneurs, etc., and the party pushed him far to the Left.

IMHO, Newsom has to do three things before he’s a legitimate presidential candidate:

1. Repudiate the madness of the Progressive Left, all the woke BS.
2. Fix what he ruined in California, in particular infrastructure and the budget.
3. Embrace moderate ideas, a la Senator Fetterman.

It’s the political equivalent of threading the needle. It’s going to be difficult, a real challenge. Ironically, the wildfires will have helped him, given that they revealed the shortcomings of woke policies.

Here’s Charlie Kirk’s after-action analysis of his interview with Newsom:

FIRST LOOK EXCLUSIVE: Analyzing My Interview with Gavin Newsom | The Charlie Kirk Show

 

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[Mick1]

In case you didn’t notice, Newsom paid for a statue of himself in San Francisco, commemorating His Greatness as a Mayor.

Californians blast Gavin Newsom for funding his monument to himself

I do have to admit, however, at least he didn’t preside over the loss of 150 retail establishments in San Francisco, though he certainly got the ball rolling.

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[Mick1]

So Newsom has hosted Kirk, Steve Bannon, and in a real twist, former Vice President and current Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, advocate of placing tampon machines in boys’ bathrooms in Minnesota high schools. Interesting he should host Bannon and Michael Savage, two far-right commentators. He pivoted to host Ezra Klein

Like Senator Fetterman, Newsom agrees that his party’s brand is toxic. How could you not when your approval rating is below 30%?

Newsom blames ‘toxic’ Democratic brand for party’s low favorability rating

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