I don't think she was amazing on policy but in 2024 I'm comfortable calling her an amazing candidate. Shackled to Biden, facing epic global anti-incumbent sentiment, given the shortest of runways, and facing a tidal wave of other obstacles, she had a damn good showing. I don't know who does better in those circumstances, in either party.

Not sure she can recreate that magic, though. Honestly I think her biggest advantage in '24 was that the short time frame limited her ability to get bogged down in consultant/pollster/messaging stuff. And to the extent that she did listen to those voices, it hurt her (see the move away from calling the other side "weird")

7/31/2025 4:21:02 PM

I think she could have been better at 'improv' in debates, hard for any candidate to go against Trump though bc it's impossible to predict what he's gonna say. I also thought shen needed to make it clear there was a a gap between her and Biden but I understand why that was hard for her.

Anyway my assumption was that UT was implying she loves by the left or something but maybe im just projecting

[Edited on July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM. Reason : E]

7/31/2025 6:08:08 PM

Quote :

"I’m changing my dream ticket to Buttigieg/Crockett or shapiro/crockett"

tell me about Crockett. I know nothing.

Also I'm surprised your commie ass favors those other two.

7/31/2025 9:08:03 PM

Crockett is a policy wonk like Pete but Shes a snappy southern woman, lawyer, and a charismatic speaker imo

https://youtu.be/vDBW6KtbKIw?si=y2C37yu-vPlrD5JA

But I’m thinking now Pritzker seems to be willing to break some eggs, he’s sheltering Texas dems to stop their gerrymandering plan to cement maha control of Congress. I think he’ll be more willing that newsome to drop the hammer if he wins.

8/4/2025 1:48:37 PM

Dems should just keep putting up women for pres until one of then wins

8/7/2025 9:50:36 PM

Quote :

" California - 2028 Democratic presidential primary Newsom 23% Buttigieg 17% Harris 11% AOC 9% Beshear 5% Shapiro 4% Sanders 4% Booker 3% Walz 2% Pritzker 2% Whitmer 2% Klobuchar 1% Moore 1% Emanuel 1% Khanna 1% Someone else 1% Undecided 14% Emerson College (August 4-5, N=444) "

Harris will not be the nominee. AOC has a good chance to be veep. Top of the ticket still tbd.

[Edited on August 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM. Reason : ]

8/8/2025 10:32:33 PM

Gross

8/8/2025 10:35:27 PM

Seriously barf

8/8/2025 10:40:28 PM

Straight white male is probably the Dems only chance

8/8/2025 10:46:30 PM

Quote :

"Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice HUGE "HISTORIC" EVENT — THURSDAY 11:30AM PACIFIC IN LOS ANGELES!!! A "BEAUTIFUL RALLY" / PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GAVIN CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM & STRONG DEMS. DEMOCRATS WILL DESTROY GREG ABBOTT'S "TOTALLY RIGGED MAPS." TREMENDOUS WORK IS BEING DONE. DONALD TRUMP (THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT) GET READY FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAYBACK YOU'VE EVER SEEN!!! COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE AS YOUR PRESIDENCY ENDS (DEMS RETAKE CONGRESS!). AMERICA WILL BE LIBERATED - "LIBERATION DAY" MANY ARE CALLING IT!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GCN "

[Edited on August 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM. Reason : Was thinking of guilfoyle]

8/13/2025 4:49:12 PM

shut. the. fuck. up. Stop being ridiculous, shut the fuck up.



But serious, I'm all for doing their own gerrymander to compete with Texas, but whatever he is doing there ^ ain't working. For me anyway.

8/13/2025 5:12:08 PM

me neither

[Edited on August 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM. Reason : i remain in the gerrymandering is bad camp, however]

8/13/2025 5:13:56 PM

Gerrymandering is bad but one side can't unilaterally disarm either. Fight fire with fire. if we ever get a normal govt again find a way to pass gerrymander legislation at national level

8/13/2025 5:48:25 PM

Agreed. Can't just be a constant stream of "i can't believe they're doing this" without resorting to their tactics.

[Edited on August 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM. Reason : Their =\= they're]

8/13/2025 6:11:41 PM

Quote :

"Gerrymandering is bad but one side can't unilaterally disarm either. Fight fire with fire."

how very Israeli of you

8/13/2025 6:40:51 PM

I haven't seen him blowing up hospitals, journalists, ambulances, and people waiting in line to get food. He's still good

8/13/2025 7:10:22 PM

let MAGA implement Christian Nationalism for a few thousand years and then we'll see how willing he is for unilateral disarmament and fighting fire with fire

8/13/2025 7:55:12 PM

Islam dates to 610 AD. So, like 1.4 thousands.

8/13/2025 8:16:40 PM

The tribe of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has had to grapple with how God expects them to treat their various persecutors for longer than just Ishmael, Muhammad and youknowyoumissedit

8/13/2025 8:30:11 PM

Maybe my brain has rotted bc im really not sure how you got from A to C here

8/13/2025 11:12:09 PM

Don't try to understand how qfred got to "war crimes and human rights atrocities are A-OK." It's not a worthwhile investment of your time

8/14/2025 8:25:51 AM

^
I was just thinking that… first it was “they were attacked” to “it’s not ethnic cleansing it’s retaliation” to “actually a little ethnic cleansing is okay”

But anyway… Newsome had the 2nd most popular political podcast, but far behind. Cruz and Crenshaw had 2M combined downloads Vs 500k for Newsome. I guess we’ll see if his strategy works. If he raises his profile it would be worth it for him.

8/14/2025 10:13:09 AM

Newsome is scum

8/14/2025 10:22:50 AM

He’s not the best but if he can create breathing room for better people Im with him and anyone else dragging us back from the brink

8/14/2025 12:12:11 PM

I continue to pledge fealty to the Great Khan of the Northern Steppe, Pritzker.

He's been playing this Texas thing beautifully and I hope it's going to start generating some name recognition.

8/14/2025 1:39:45 PM

he’s the one for me

8/14/2025 1:51:30 PM

I feel like it has to be him or the shapiro dude

8/14/2025 2:17:40 PM

Newsome giving a speech now. He’s taken on a hybrid of bill clinton and Obama mannerisms

https://www.youtube.com/live/SYyDsJdEk7E?si=6r1GirRm7bclxm7q

He’s saying the exact right things. Making a strong unapologetic defense that diversity is Americas strength.

[Edited on August 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM. Reason : ]

8/14/2025 3:22:04 PM

Kind of ironic newsome gets questioned about his tweets imitating trump, but trump never gets questioned about these

Quote :

"Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lwf5m3vuzf23 "

8/14/2025 6:13:18 PM

^It’s so obnoxious, but it also legit puts a smile on my face. Real King Douchebag energy. Also I hope “JD ‘Just Dance’ Vance” sticks because that is gold.

8/17/2025 10:47:23 AM

Quote :

" Gavin Newsom Net-Favorables: All: -11% Women: +2% Men: -25% 18-34: -8% 35-54: -14% 55+: -12% Gallup / July 21, 2025 "

8/17/2025 10:31:18 PM

That's a month old. Might as well be a year old.

8/17/2025 10:34:35 PM

8/18/2025 9:21:04 AM

This would be awesome

8/19/2025 8:34:25 PM

Unfortunately he used to be married to the thing that is Kimberly Guilfoyle, so I really question his judgment. She was younger then, but still. . .

8/19/2025 10:39:34 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/govpritzker.illinois.gov/post/3lwxec7276c26

Quote :

" Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion."

8/22/2025 12:55:30 AM

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gavin-newsom-just-dragged-bed-191759375.html

I mean, I've had an occasional chuckle.

8/22/2025 8:07:04 AM

#YangGang2028!

8/22/2025 11:38:01 AM

i'd be surprised if he ran again. i'm still hoping Dean Phillips will try an independent run, which I imagine Yang would endorse him.

[Edited on August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM. Reason : #YangGang4Lyfe tho]

8/22/2025 11:41:07 AM

Independent runs don't work. You gotta co-opt one of the major parties.

8/22/2025 12:08:40 PM

generally, yes

8/22/2025 12:12:42 PM

https://x.com/ninaturner/status/1958693332235731137

Quote :

"Yesterday, @GavinNewsom’s comms director @iGardon made an extremely ignorant, anti-Black comment in response to a post of mine regarding redistricting."

[Edited on August 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM. Reason : .]

8/22/2025 12:23:37 PM

did you mean to put that in the progressive dems credibility watch thread

[Edited on August 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM. Reason : oh, i guess it's a Newsom post. i still don't consider him a 2028 contender. he's a distraction.]

[Edited on August 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM. Reason : although it's probably like 50/50 he'll maintain the distraction long enough to make it to 2028]

[Edited on August 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM. Reason : where he'll lose to vance]

8/22/2025 12:27:15 PM

Vice Presidents immediately being elected President doesn't have a great recent electoral track record.

This lady that's complaining about a flippant use of Kumbaya in line with the common vernacular, what's her grand plan? I think the Democrats have been trying the do nothing and take the high road strategy for quite a while, and they're getting steamrolled by all three branches of government. Is she sure that she's not the one emblematic of the current problems with liberals?

8/22/2025 1:16:55 PM

(nobody takes her seriously)

8/22/2025 1:21:56 PM

I was also talking about Al Gore and Joe Biden.

8/22/2025 2:24:15 PM

Quote :

"i'd be surprised if he ran again. i'm still hoping Dean Phillips will try an independent run, which I imagine Yang would endorse him."

He's still very YANG.

8/22/2025 2:42:31 PM

I like newsom trolling trump and countering tx 5 house seat thing. However i feel like the guy comes across as a slimy weasel, or at least I can see the broad electorate feeling that way. John Edwards vibes

8/22/2025 3:12:51 PM

He's definitely got the sleazebag politician look down. He looks like the stereotypical asshole politician who fucks things up in every sci-fi/police procedural show out there

8/22/2025 8:33:51 PM

Well, we need somebody to fuck up the current fucked up situation.

It's kinda like a double negative.

8/22/2025 9:49:08 PM