By Сергей Леонид @Adobe Stock
Leftist Politicians Are Saying No Thanks
In the WSJ, James Freeman presents an intriguing possibility: even pillars of the Democratic Party, it seems, find their activist base just as tiresome as the rest of the country does.
From the LA Times:
Thousands of California Democrats will gather this weekend to be courted by gubernatorial and potential presidential candidates, rage against the Trump administration, and organize for the 2026 election.
However, the state’s two most prominent Democrats — former Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newson — will not be attending the multiday gathering of roughly 4,000 party delegates, activists, donors, labor leaders and other powerful voices in the largest Democratic state in the nation, according to a source familiar with the event’s planning.
Their absences are notable given speculation about their political futures. Newsom and Harris are both viewed as potential 2028 presidential candidates. Harris also may jump into California’s 2026 race for governor and is expected to make a decision by the end of the summer.
Delegates Disrupt Party’s Conventions
Prominent California Democrats have routinely faced backlash from liberal delegates at the party’s annual conventions, continues Mr. Freeman.
Anti-fracking advocates interrupted a speech by former Gov. Jerry Brown over his support for the controversial oil extraction practice and the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein was booed during her 1990 speech supporting the death penalty. Her then-gubernatorial campaign turned the latter into a television advertisement aimed at that era’s more moderate electorate.
Newsom, once a darling at such conventions, could possibly face similar fallout among party loyalists because of recent statements about opposing transgender athletes being allowed to compete in women’s sports as well as bantering with conservative heroes such as Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk on his podcast.
Will Gov. Newsom be able to persuade progressive Democrats that his moderate vibes are for show only? Are those moderate vibes for the 2028 national stage? Newsom is doing what he does best: political signaling.
Even better, Mr. Newsom could pull a Feinstein, embrace his post-darling status, and announce that he’s finally going to protect girls’ sports. Videographers in tow, he’ll be able to capture all the material he needs to show that he remains defiant in the face of unhinged progressive shrieking.
Articulate What?
Much harder to pull off. How will Newsome explain his support for President Joe Biden?
“I thought on the substance he won the debate,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told MSNBC.
“I was very, very proud that (Joe Biden) was able to articulate the work that he’s done…”
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