AMAC Exclusive – By Daniel Berman
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Over the past several weeks, voters in Texas and Florida have been subjected to the smiling visage of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has appeared on their TV screens to sell his own record and attack that of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whom Newsom termed “a bully,” and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whom Newsom criticized for his pro-life stance and support for the Second Amendment. It is unlikely that these ads will do much to dent the reelection prospects of either DeSantis or Abbott (both of whom seem to be cruising to victory in states filled with voters who fled Newsom’s California). Seen properly, the real targets of the attacks aren’t Republican governors, but rather members of Newsom’s own party: President Joe Biden and Newsom’s fellow Californian, Vice President Kamala Harris. Unable to legitimately enter a Democratic primary race when Joe Biden insists he is planning to run, Newsom has decided to try and crash the GOP 2024 sweepstakes to get Democrats’ imaginations going.
As strategies go, Newsom’s ploy is far from the worst being pursued by a Democratic politician in 2022. To be sure, it is cringeworthy and of little assistance either to Democratic candidates running in 2022 or actual American voters. But, to paraphrase the Big Lebowski, it has the singular advantage of being a “strategy.” That alone distinguishes it from the state of paralysis which has overtaken the rest of the Democratic Party. There, a consensus is growing that Joe Biden cannot and will not be a candidate for reelection in 2024. Whether it is a steady stream of leaks about White House dysfunction which have suddenly expanded to include speculation about the President’s health, or more explicit calls by leading liberal commentators, there is a growing chorus calling six more years of Joe Biden a non-starter.
These calls have been constrained by the obstacle presented in the form of Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats do not believe she can win a general election, but are also unsure if they can deny her the nomination, and worry they could not win a general election if they did. The result has been a situation where fear of Harris prevents Democrats from acting against Biden, and fatalism prevents them from even beginning to do anything about Harris.
Newsom’s actions show an understanding of the frustrations of Democratic voters missed by most of his peers and rivals. The constant complaint among core Democratic voting groups is about the perceived inaction of Democrats in D.C. and the attitude of fatalism in which the Biden administration both reacts to calls to do something with scornful declarations that they can do nothing, and suggests that anyone saying otherwise is a fool. In just the past few months, Democrat voters have expressed frustration over a lack of action in response to the fall of Roe v. Wade, a lack of action on guns, a lack of action on student debt, and behind that, a lack of action on the economy.
Newsom is taking action – not to actually “fix” any of those issues, as he lacks real solutions. But he is taking action on one particular problem, and that is Democrats’ succession plan. Newsom is addressing the problem of Harris and Biden and he is not showing much fatalism. On the contrary, he is directly challenging the conventional wisdom that for any Democratic politician to openly begin preparing for 2024 is suicidal.
In the process, he is establishing a clear lane in any future Democratic contest. Newsom is on TV attacking DeSantis and Abbott, and will have been for almost three years when Biden was absent and Harris ineffective. Furthermore, if Biden does decline to run, a D.C. figure like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be tarred with having sat back and done nothing to push Biden either into action or out of the race. Voters as a whole might crave effective action, but Newsom grasps that at least on the Democratic side, voters may be happy to settle for any action at all.
It is also worth noting the nature of Newsom’s challenge. Joe Biden and his team remain backward-looking, obsessively focused on Donald Trump and Pre-2021 issues, as evidenced by their obsession with both the January 6th hearings and rebuilding an “international liberal order,” without even trying to justify why Americans should sacrifice for such a concept. To the extent the administration engages with post 2020 issues such as inflation, housing, or the concerns over education, it is to treat them as “fake” issues stirred up by demagogues to be arbitrarily wished away by executive orders. Their reaction to the Dobbs decision is a case-in-point. The White House and Democrats in D.C. seem to see recent decisions by the Supreme Court not as the product of a long-held conservative legal tradition or extensive social movements, but rather as efforts by Trump judicial appointees to politically sabotage Democrats.
Newsom, by contrast, at least grasps that the culture wars are real. His reaction is to place himself on the wrong side perhaps, but Newsom understands that the issue at stake is not about which rest-stop bathrooms adults use, but fundamental questions of parental and child rights. Newsom understands that education is inherently about the power of society versus the power of parents, and not an astroturf distraction. There is no haggling over whether CRT exists. Newsom is determined to win the education wars, at least in California, and to offer Democrats and liberals a battle nationally.
It is unlikely to be a battle Newsom will win, but as I have written several times, many on the left have written off the prospect of electoral victory for any Democrat in the near future. What Newsom offers is combative engagement with the post-2020 political landscape, where Democrats believe that defeat should not be met with fatalistic acceptance but a determination to fight until they “rule or ruin.” Newsom speaks to that in a way Biden and Harris are not even trying to do.
Those who mock Newsom’s attacks on DeSantis and Abbott as ineffective miss the point. If Newsom is highlighting the strengths of his Republican rivals to their local electorates, he is also being ruthlessly effective in his real campaign to replace both Biden and Harris on the 2024 ticket.
Daniel Berman is a frequent commentator and lecturer on foreign policy and political affairs, both nationally and internationally. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics. He also writes as Daniel Roman.
Newsom for President than he can Californiaize the whole nation
People fled California by the 100’s of thousands because of his insane policies! If anyone is stupid enough to vote for this imbecile for President then they truly do hate this country! . . . And don’t forget that he’s Nancy Pelosi’s nephew!!!
Crafty conman. He’s the worst governor ever for California just as Beijing Biden is the worst ever president, and Kamelhair, just the worst ever. This triad needs to go.
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We have a lot of the California people here in Texas. I just hope most are conservative.
Newsome has been a complete failure as Gov of California. Ask the millions of Americans who moved out of state. He should run for Governor in Mexico. He is a joke!!!
Three things will help the DEMORATS ,, they are hoping,, Brandon,, kicks off before the election so they can put,, Kamila,, up front ,, they will claim,, MONKEY OR DONKEY POX,, as a us epidemic before Nov. so they can rig another election ,, or the Republicans will put OUR GREATEST PRES. EVER IN MY LIFETIME ,, as the nominee ,, which i see as as bad mistake because of just to much baggage past and present ,,,
Newsom has perfected voter fraud in California & will do the same Nationally.
Newsom= The reminder to fix voter fraud
Rumors Harris will resign for a higher paying job, puppet biden will appoint newsom as vice president then puppet biden will resign making newsom president and he will appoint a high profile vice president. No vote by the people just another way to steal our country. I sure hope people are smart to take a look at what newsom has done to California. We will soon become Mexico, gay me and homeless. Highest taxes in the country and billions in surplus to fund newsom’s programs.
Not surprised, the marxist democrat party will eat their own to push the anti American policies in hopes of destroying Our Country!
THROW ALL democrats OUT in 2022 and 2024, SAVE AMERICA!
Newsom is probably a little more capable than Biden, but not by much. He has given reporters a subject for gossip. If the elite can sponsor him to the White House, the presidency is for sale.
If we the people still elect the president, he will never make it.
Desantis is a bully?! Say the leader of the lockdowns.
WHO in their right mind would want Nancy’s kin to be our President??? Especially since you can SEE people fleeing California for other states. He’s a dang hypocrite if there ever was one!
a vote for newsom is a vote for the devil… newsom is a pretty boy in wolves’ disguise… don’t be fooled, newsom is part of the child slavery cartel, the drug cartel, the chaos principles, (baiting white people to react to his ridiculous polices…) his real name is “Early Release Gruesom Newsom” he likeS to release criminals from prisons because he thinks it is ok for this evil criminals to feed on innocent people. Newsom is for everything that this once Great Republic never stood for: open borders, forced vaccines, closed religious facilities, gun confiscation, abortion even after the baby is delivered!, no clue about preservation of potable drinking water, water for agriculture, forest management, the need for dams, the need for stringent National Security, this jerk is a truly demented and an arrogant pretty boy with the aptitude and the single brain cell of a tsetse fly…
MAGA MAGA AGAIN BRING BACK TRUMP!!!!
NEVER FORGET, NEWSOM IS NANCY PELOSI’S NEPHEW . . . Not far from the Jackass’ mouth!
What makes you think that just maybe Pelosi is trying to put her NEPHEW in that position so that SHE continues to get inside information for her “husband continuing to be the one playing the stock market, not her” ? Pelosi is shrewd and conniving all the time to benefit herself. They need term limits, they should be fired if they are not doing their jobs. Change the government employment hiring/firing rules to the same that other normal working people follow. How many gallons of gas did Pelosi and her entourage use during this Taiwan trip? Who is paying for the 40 plus rooms at the hotel that was required? Our taxpayer money is a whole flock of birds with lots of wings flapping, going out the window on lots of government foolishness.
Nelson and Biden are singing the same song just like the Emperors new clothes. Everyone saw a man nude but the reterique forced everyone to see something not there. I saw the communists game in Viet Nam. Premier ride in 150000 limousine while the people live in grass shacks and severe poverty. The man in the limousine was brought here and given a large amount of money and he buys a supermarket in Wheaton , Illinois. No middle class,rich and destitute. Sorry for speach
And one of the first things Newscum did when he entered office was raise our gas tax $1. He claims to fix roads etc. but we probably have some of the worst roads in the country. He is an egotistical jackass.
LOL – he’s actually touting his record? Or do we need bona fide fact checkers to show his lies? Better still, just look at it yourself.
This guy is a scumbag and an enemy of freedom. Case closed!
Its clear he is the heir apparent. Appearing at the whilte house when the President was not there
(speaking to Ron Klane (who is in fact the President) Why was he there? And it just so happend he walks out and lo and behold with the President not in the country There just so happens to be some cameras there to show how “presidential” he looks. Why was the press there? Hmm…. A bit too neat to be a coincidence.
So he is the guy. Getting rid of Biden is easy and he told us during the campaign under the guise with a disagreement with Kamala. ( which I though stupid and weak who is the President? But hey it Biden he has ALWAYS been a buffoon)……”I’ll just get a disease” He said, So the He and the Dems new from the start and he admitted himself “I am a transitional candidate”
The question is How big of a payoff is “commie-la” holding out for? And how to pay her off and what to do with her so they never see her again until she dies. Biden is going to a nursing home, or memory care or whatever…But Commie? Hard to know how to get rid of her.
Maybe give her a chancellor job in England? like The hildebeast? Think tank? Professorship? Some no show job with a fat salary great benefits, and no responsibilities….
One thing for sure she is not going to be allowed to run. Shoot all the dems didn’t want her the FIRST time.
This what get when you choose a diversity hire.
As one of the idiots said on The View, “Oh, I would vote for him! He’s so good looking!”
These are the morons on the left. Even my Democrat friends don’t like Newsom. He ran San Francisco into the ground when he was mayor. He now has destroyed California. So, whoever votes for him if he runs is out of their freakin’ minds. And if so, we are surely doomed. And as usual, Newsom is playing dirty just like the Democrats do. They don’t know how to play nice. They are vicious and corrupt.
Is this a Right or Left site. can’t tell anymore.
he always look like he’s wearing dirty laundry. what a joke!
I just don’t see Newsom as the 2024 nominee. If the Democrats get royally creamed in 2022, someone who can present a tougher, more moderate image is the most likely contender – probably Hillary, Roy Cooper, or perhaps Manchin (does he have the fire in the belly?). If they merely lose the House in a squeaker and keep the Senate, then Harris is unbeatable as the nominee. If 2024 is total chaos, then even AOC has a shot.
Y’all are getting lost in what 1st & 2nd amendments used to be all about. AMAC is trying to give you a heads up about what they see going on. Make you think about what schemes are going on from others who may not be actual Patriots. Read, listen, and learn, then VOTE!
Newsom needs to be shut down as early as possible. He has ruined California for years to come. Anyone still there in a few years will look forward to the mandate of only electric vehicles while not improving the electric infrastructure, which is already old and way overpriced. His only thoughts are on Northern CA and he doesn’t care for the desert or Southern regions. God help us if people actually believe he’s worth anything than the pedigree he came from.
All Entirely possible. However, something I have been pondering (and many others )since the beginning of OBiden’s term is : When are the real schemers in the WH going to eject the Disfunctional figurehead and usher in the ” First Female President ” ?! At this point ” OBiden in 2024 ” is Only for the Very Short Sighted .Since ” The First Female President ” WILL HAPPEN, Exactly What are our Plans ? It could happen after the Disastrous Midterms, OR it could happen in the last few months of OBidens Presidential term .My bet is it will be almost exactly one year out from November 2024 .
He’s as good a POS as Biden or Harris !!
If Newsom promises a great new thing for Harris, rubbing her ego, she’ll leave. The Newsom gets Vice President. The Biden goes to the looney bin, Newsome can take Joe’s job.
Sir newsom is nothing but an entity full of”bull exhaust”.If this entity is a relative of mad dame peeelosi there has to be at least some inbreading to end up with these two entities so,so sick and corrupt.
If the asshole is so great .HAVE A DEBATE…!!!
If democrats are willing to nominate Governor Newsom for President then they are far stupider then I even believe or would prove that the have no concern or love for our country or citizens and truly only crave power and control
Please take this idiot and share him with the rest of the country. Turn what’s left of the United States into a California clone except the people can’t flee to another state.
I’d love to see Biden and Harris given the boot but, I doubt that will happen anytime soon. Until then I’ll just keep minding my p’s and q’s. I’ll keep reloading my brass and keeping that powder dry. Stay safe everyone!
MAGA2024! TRUMP2024!
FJB! LET’S GO BRANDON!