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It’s a risky move, trying to be the Joe Rogan of the center. Newsom is trying to frame himself as a centrist, which is odd given that California is (a) a fully Democrat state and (b) he still has to run in the Democrat primary, and the conventional wisdom is that you run to the poles in the primaries and you wait until the Presidential election to run back to the center.
As to Newsom’s guests, Kirk I definitely understand, Walz I understand. Savage…odd choice. And I don’t really get Bannon on his show. Tucker Carlson, I would understand. But Newsom needs to get some Dem moderates — to the extent that there are any left — on his show.
Newsom recognizes that the Democratic party has a “man” problem, and I think he may be trying to re-frame himself as the masculine presence and trying to appeal to the “real working man” that departed the Democratic party.
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The challenge with fast food is that their prices are within a standard deviation of sit-down restaurants…so why go with fast food?
Mrs. Mick bought lunch at Panera the other day. $22, and she’s not a big eater.
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Definitely not. Wasn’t blaming Trump. Was just suggesting that trying to humiliate a vengeful American president by keeping him waiting for an hour is perhaps not the best strategy — particularly when that Prez can make things really, really difficult for your country…instead of just really difficult.
Russia’s running out of people thanks to the disastrous war that Putin initiated, not just the dead and wounded, but the Russians of talent who fled the country.
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The vote recipients of “Who do you see as the Democratic Party leader?
- AOC, 10%
- K. Harris, 9%
- B. Sanders, 8%
- Hakeem J., 6%
- B. Obama, 4%
- Jasmine Crockett, 4%
- Gav. Newsom, 2%
- Nancy Pelosi, 2%
- Elissa Slotkin, 2%
- Chuck Schumer, 2%
- Tim Walz, 1%
Not mentioned at all: Gretchen Whitmer, Elizabeth Warren, Josh Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, Jamie Raskin, Wes Moore, Ruben Gallego, Jon Ossoff, Mark, Cuban, Andy Beshear, J. B. Pritzker,
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A recent CNN poll confirms the rise of former bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes as the newest, brightest, most-respected star in the Democratic universe.
CNN Compares AOC’s Rise to Post-Obama Republican Party
To be fair, part 1…AOC had just 10% of the vote, Kamala Harris had 9%, Bernie Sanders (not a Democrat, registered independent) had 8% and Hakeem Jeffries had 6%. So it’s far from a mandate, but still…
To be fair, part 2…the question that was asked was “What Democratic leader best reflects the core values of the Democratic party?”
Well…yeah. I’d say that’s true. Highly Progressive, not very bright, prone to rash moves, absolute and categorical lack of mathematic understanding — all four of those listed meet that criteria.
I’m not anti-Dem, I could live with Shapiro or Whitmer. If any of those four or Newsom win the White House, it’s the end of days for America. It will complete the descent into Third World dump.
In a moment of sanity in another CNN poll, the Democratic party has its lowest favorability rating ever, at 29%, a drop of 20 points since Biden took office in January, 2021:
CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low | CNN Politics
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And the attorneys get richer and richer. . .
Apropos of nothing, I have worked for large law firms for 18 years and I’ve purchased a substantial quantity of legal services for my own businesses. I know your comment was
tongue in cheek, 100% accurate. Lawyers are shameless when it comes to jacking up fees for clients.If you’re interested in how not to buy legal services, here’s a primer based upon my personal experience. It’s on my blog, in case you’d like to see an embarrassing story of overpaying a lawyer for mediocre results:
How NOT to Hire a Law Firm — Client Sciences
The level of disingenuousness on the part of the lawyer alone is worth the read.
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OMG!!!That would make heads explode. 🤣🤣
Actually…might not be a bad idea if Kamala Harris is the opponent. I mean…she’s such a terrible candidate and has such awful baggage. I really hope she runs, I really do. It’ll be the best chance for a Republican Governor in a while. You know she would run a terrible campaign.
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Every politician has a particular knack, a strong point. One of Newsom’s is to take a politically safe position and pretend that’s a brave, risky position that no other politician will take. When he supported gay marriage — as Mayor of San Francisco — he not only didn’t take a political risk, he played to his base and won greater support. Supporting gay marriage in San Francisco is anything but politically risky. It would have been a political risk if he didn’t support gay marriage.
Years later, he’s taking the politically safe position of being against transgender athletes. It’s a very tiny community (transgender athletes) trying to participate in a much broader community (XX-chromosomes athletes), but they have been through male puberty and have an advantageous bone structure, musculature, etc. This is not a winning issue, it’s flat out wrong. Even for most of the Left, this is a no-brainer. And with it, Newsom can pretend that he’s a moderate. He can cite his and his wife’s collegiate athletic experience and speak from a base of knowledge.
Gavin Newsom Warms Up to Conservatives in New Podcast – WSJ
Newsom can be tone-deaf on a lot of national issues; e.g., illegal immigration and its impact on local employment. In 1979, LAPD Chief Daryl Gates (yes, that one) issued Special Order 40, prohibiting cops from asking about citizenship status. Why? Because there was so much crime in the illegal immigrant community, and the LAPD needed their cooperation. Six months after Special Order 40, illegals became part of the employment structure…and ruined other parts. Like drywall. Black workers dominated drywall contracting in Southern California, and they were making about $38k annually…pretty good in 1979. Within six months, illegals were hanging drywall for $22k annually. And black contractors lost their livelihood.
I think Newsom has had a series of wake-up moments, from his failed high-speed train, to persistently high unemployment rates to extraordinarily disgusting homeless on city streets. I think at the election prior to the Presidential election in 2024, when Californians voted to return punishment to thieves — against Newsom’s wishes — he finally woke up.
Way back when, Newsom was a small-business supporter. Maybe he’ll return to that. We’ll see.
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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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BTW, Bill Maher agrees with me…
‘Real Time’ Crowd Goes Silent as Bill Maher Reacts to Kamala’s Plans to Run for Gov.
One other thing that gets basically no play…Trump’s people have been with him for decades. Harris’ people can’t stand her, her turnover was legendary. Dr. Ben Carson agrees:
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A wealth tax will absolutely sink the candidate who promotes it. And if somehow it is passed will sink our economy. if you are looking to Elizabeth Warren for ideas to address the deficit, then maybe I understand. As for Sanders, he is an absolute clown. if he wins, this country will have passed from racial strife into rich vs poor. That conflict will be equally divisive. Which is, of course, precisely what Democrat are always seeking.
We’re already there. And the current policies will exacerbate not just the gulf between rich and poor but the perception of that gulf.
Most surprising thing to me about Kamala Harris was that she didn’t hammer on increasing taxes for the wealthy, that usually plays well with voters — and Bernie Sanders, while he is a clown and knows literally nothing about economics, has the attention of the Democratic voter right now.
Dems are all over the place, between Progressives and moderates and others…but the one thing they can agree on, they don’t like rich people and don’t think they pay their fair share.
That’s the next populist who wins the presidency, by the way. The candidate who increases taxes.
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Right. But it was clearly her comfort zone, whereas answering embarrassing questions from reporters was not.
I still don’t understand how the Democratic party let her candidacy go forward. Just because the outgoing President endorsed her is no reason to subject the country to the colossal embarrassment. It ruined the Democrats until (a) the upcoming midterms if Trump fails or (b) the 2028 presidential election if Trump succeeds.
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I don’t think Canada will win the trade war, either.
Mark Carney: Canada’s next PM vows to win trade war with Trump
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Well, that’s like going 0 for 4, with three K’s. At least she made contact in her first AB. . . .
Totally apt comparison. Believe me, I don’t think she was a great DA, but she sucked at it less than her other three roles. It matches with her personality. Remember how painful it was to watch her answer reporter questions? It’s because DA’s don’t answer questions, they ask them. They’re only comfortable when they have all the facts and all the power on their side. They are completely and totally uncomfortable in a freeform environment. The opposite, in other words, of the current President.
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Wrong, Mick. She was not a particularly good prosecutor. Loathed by most of her colleagues.. I left the DAs office in 2007, but long enough to have heard of Kamala Harris and be aware of the dislike of most of the others.
But that was because she was too conservative, right? Progressives hated her, right?
Would you say she was better at being a prosecutor, California’s Attorney General, Senator or Vice President?
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