So...the online left is divided over Gavin Newsom as of late. The guy has been really stepping up his meme game in fighting Trump, and on the one hand i LOVE it, I mean, this is the kind of trolling dems need to do to fight trump.
However, the left is also right in that Gavin seems almost...astorturfed. Like he's getting the Kamala Harris 2019 treatment. Like he's already "the guy" for 2028, and honestly...I'm not so sure.
Dont get me wrong. We need someone who stands up to Trump. And while I haven't yet made a metric to judge 2028 candidates on and won't be developing something like that until after the midterms, I will say I think "being able to fight trump" is going to be a significant part of my metric. BUT...it's not gonna be all of it. Policy is important, vision is important, and being able to actually push a long standing alternative to trump is important, and I'm just not sure gavin is the guy.
In 2024, he polled really really badly, like INSANELY badly, to the point I struggle to see him winning for one. And for two, ideally, I'd like to see a progressive champion and I think if he runs he's gonna be another Kamala harris, which, lets face it, is another Joe Biden, and another Hillary Clinton.
He's not terrible looking at how i rated him in 2024, but he also was in that category of low key progressives who have some chops but might just shift right to be "electable." We'll have to see. We need a bold ideological vision to oppose trump with, not just memes.
If Gavin is the nominee, I'll probably vote for him. At this point I'd sadly vote for George W. Bush to stop Trump, that's how bad the situation we're in, and Newsom is at least significantly better than that. But yeah. He's...not my ideal candidate.
We'll see. Ideally I'd like to see AOC be the nominee, or Yang if he actually gets some sense and doesnt do the cringey enlightened centrist crap. As I said, we'll see.
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