The California governor has been trying to get his Florida Republican counterpart to engage. On Wednesday, he got it.
Newsom has some balls for agreeing to Hannity as a moderator
I don’t know California politics other than as it relates to national. What’s Newsom’s angle here? I ask because, at least at a glance, this seems like a loser for him. The best he can hope for is to demolish DeSantis. Let’s assume he does–and it’s certainly not a sure thing (the deck is stacked against him with the ref playing for the other team, after all)–but so what? DeSantis’s fire is almost already out, and if it doesn’t die on its own or thanks to Mr. Orange Indictment, the Mouse will finish him. Newsom’s already a rising star; if he annihilates DeSantis he’s basically punching down, and he’s taking a huge risk by even volunteering for this, since if he fucks up he’s done in national politics before he even started.
The best I can come up with is that this is a play by the party at large to try to revitalize Florida Man’s campaign by getting some free press on him, either to force Trump to spend more to squash him or try to get a repeat of 1972 (i.e., Trump as Muskie). However, that’s giving the Democratic party a lot of credit and making some pretty cynical assumptions about their future plans for Newsom.
Gavin Newsom wants to be president.
I’d happily take four more Biden years, and then eight of Newsom - neither one is anywhere near perfect/ideal, but compared to the alternative…
I’d take a rotting corpse over the Republican fascist party
I’d take a pile of monkey poop over anything conning out of the gop right now
Yeah I assume this is seeding for 28 where he’ll run after finishing his terms in Cali.
Probably partly related to Newsom’s continual use of the “pied piper” strategy, trying to boost right-wing opponents so that he doesn’t have to face off against anyone left of center.
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As a Floridian, you just have not looked in the right corners.
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On Wednesday, DeSantis agreed, telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity: “Absolutely I’m game. Just tell me when and where.”
An aide to Newsom told POLITICO that the governor was also in. Newsom’s office had sent a formal request offer to Fox News last week with proposed debate dates of Nov. 8 or Nov. 10. That request called for Hannity to serve as the sole moderator for a 90-minute forum on Fox News that would not include an in-studio audience and would air live.
An SF Bay Area rich guy debating a Florida swamp chimp? I am going to smoke a nice sativa for this one… and popcorn… can’t forget that.
Hey lets not insult the Florida swamp chimps with that comparison, I propose Gitmo Ghoul.
This shows confidence. Hope we get the full uncut broadcast - I’ll bootleg the hell out of this. Fox News YouTube won’t get my views.
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