Newsom embraces Biden in run-up to 2028 primary

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Axios

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Gavin Newsom is gambling that embracing Joe Biden will be more popular among Democrats than running away from him in the party's 2028 presidential primary.

Why it matters: The California governor — unlike most potential Democratic candidates for president — has spent the last 18 months courting Biden and his family, publicly defending the ex-president's legacy as others have distanced themselves.

A Biden endorsement could be consequential. Many Democratic primary voters — especially Black and Latino voters — still have much affection for him, despite his unpopularity with the broader electorate.

Driving the news: Newsom has been an unapologetic defender of Biden's legacy and his family, citing his ability to pass big legislation with bipartisan support as well as his character — particularly in contrast to what Newsom calls Donald Trump's "childishness."

"I'll never turn my back on Joe Biden," Newsom told a South Carolina crowd earlier this year.

"One of the most successful presidents in the last century," Newsom told ABC News last fall in describing Biden, even as he acknowledged having differences with Biden's immigration policy, a liability for Democrats in 2024.

Overall, the Biden administration was a "masterclass of policymaking," he told Axios in March.

"I'm blessed to have gotten to know him, to defend him and defend his character, and continue to defend his record," he added.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsom-embraces-biden-in-run-up-to-2028-primary/ar-AA26d2NJ

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Good. One of the most idiotic things that Democrats did in 2010 was to believe the RW bullshit and run away from Obama.

[Polybius]

1. Damn, I misread this as "Newsom embarrasses Biden in run-up to 2028 primary"

Coffee time.

[riversedge]

3. I did a double take when I first read the headline also-and then started to read the

article before I got the jest of it.
That said, I am glad Newsom is not running away from Pres. Biden.

[brer cat]

4. I did the same thing. I have advanced macular degeneration which causes

blind spots and my mind automatically fills in the missing letters, and in this case it totally changed the word.

[brer cat]

2. I agree, BRDS, and I am glad to see this.

[Joinfortmill]

5. Smart.

[LymphocyteLover]

6. That's great, IMO. Best thing about Newsom is he's an unapologetic Dem and a fighter

[Easterncedar]

7. Kamala should have celebrated Biden's successes

BIDEN’s administration rescued the economy and supported infrastructure development, got money to the small businesses and local governments struggling to get through the pandemic and helped us all with free COVID vaccines and test kits. He had brilliant accomplishments to build on. Distancing from this was bad strategy, IMO.

[Lonestarblue]

8. While Biden was a good president, he represents the old guard.

I believe that younger voters (and older voters like me) want to see a shift from what was to what can be. I've always thought that one of Kamala's biggest mistakes was to not separate herself from Biden more effectively. She was loyal but perhaps to her own detriment. For example, when asked how her policies would differ from Biden's, she essentially said that they wouldn't. It would have been so easy to say instead that at the beginning of their term they were focused on Covid and getting the economy running again and saying that with the economy humming along, she would be focusing on the issues that matter to people now--housing, affordability, access to affordable health care, etc.

Biden was the president we needed at that time. We are now in a different time, and I hope Newsom reflects that with Trump's huge damage to our country different leaders are needed.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. She had a whole range of messaging including what you indicated

but apparently not every media market got the same messaging. I.e., the messaging was targeted to different parts of the country, so one shouldn't assume that if they didn't personally hear it, it wasn't said at all.

That election was lost (conspiracies aside) due to the massive magnification of what they manufactured into vile wedge issues - race, gender, orientation, nationality.

The main reason for the insane pile-on against Biden is the visceral and craven concept, passed on generation after generation, that was applied to Biden - being a "ni***r lover". His presence on the Obama ticket prompted many whites to vote for Obama due to an assumption of suddenly "having a seasoned and experienced white male there with him to guide him". But then Biden had the audacity to bring on yet another person of color, a black/Asian woman. That was the last straw and Biden continues to pay the price for those selfless acts even today.

THAT is how America "works" and how it had always "worked", for centuries. It is part and parcel of a country filled with sick and twisted people.

[ananda]

16. Clilnton, Obama, and Biden were too moderate for me...

all of them. Of course I voted for them given the
alternatives, but I'm a diehard liberal and my views
align with Sanders, who I voted for in two primaries.

[everyonematters]

10. It may help him in the primary; it will hurt him in the general.

[LisaL]

13. He has to get through the primary before being in the general.

I personally think Biden was a great president and he got a raw deal during his re-election bid.

[Torchlight]

14. I think the benefits will far outweigh the costs in the general.

[everyonematters]

17. When he left office, his approval rating was around 38%. I like Joe Biden, but we have to face reality.

[Torchlight]

18. We all interpret data differently

[everyonematters]

19. That's what people said before the debate.

[Midwestern Democrat]

23. I well remember - it was like a reality distortion field.

Concerns about Biden's age were dismissed with "80 is the new 60" and concerns about his low approval numbers were dismissed with "Nobody gets good approval ratings anymore - 30 is the new 50".

[Tetrachloride]

11. political games

top down

legacies

avoid the voters

embrace the demographics

read polls like the plague

divide and conquer toward unity

and no matter what, forget 50 states strategy

[usonian]

12. No good deed goes unpunished.

The party does not advance issues we all agree upon and cherish except during elections, fearing "but the primaries"

BULLSHIT.

The other side advances its lies and racist hate 24 by 7 by 365, and vilifies every Democrat relentlessly, while the DNCC sits by idly.

No wonder we seem to focus on personalities and "who said what about whom"

The message needs to go out 4 years worth of every 4 years, not a few months. It's a losing strategy, and the other side defines the issues.

Are you tired of losing?

Run on issues, not personalities. Own the issues. Win the working class back.

[Aviation Pro]

15. Very smart

Unless otherwise proven Gov. Newsom is the front runner at this point.

At the convention, President Joe Biden should be given a place of honor during the nomination.

[SamuelAdams]

20. Good.

Democrats need to embrace our accomplishments. Between the Obama/Biden and Biden/Harris administrations, Democrats passed significant legislation that provides huge benefits to the American people. Instead of being lectured by certain people how everything isn't perfect so the parties are the same, we should be proud of the improvements Obama, Biden, and Harris made in people's lives.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Good.