My fear is that the politics-as-sport metaphor has become too literal. He's getting attention by hitting at Trump and more Democrats should be doing that, but his actual policies and stances are uninspiring and offensive. He's another pro-corporate, pro-wealth, pro-status-quo white guy whose best quality is he isn't Trump.

Yeah, let's put up another California democrat that's too centrist to attract progressives and too California to attract middle America, it worked so well last time...

Please no.

The DNC will die before it learns a lesson.

SEE! The ONLY way for Democrats to Win is to be as RIGHT WING as Possible!

If this is the basket the Democrats put their eggs into I sense 8 years of the couch fucker in our futures. Newsome fucking sucks. At best he panders to progressives with one hand while he signs yet another shady bullshit deal behind closed doors like every single other politician alive with his other.

You think it's just a coincidence that all the money they raised with that benefit concert happened to go into non-profits that his wife runs? You think its been an accident that those effected by the fires haven't seen a penny from that concert?

California has some of the most corrupt and inept leadership it has ever had. More money than ever is being spent on things like homelessness and public transit projects, but strangely both the public transit and homeless problem have only been getting worse.

Fuck Gavin Newsome.

I swear US Democrats learn absolutely nothing. All you have to do is jingle some keys in their faces and they'll applaud.

This is a guy who wants California Cities to force homeless people to move every 3 days. This is a guy who has threatened to cut funding to cities that don't "crack down" on homeless people.

This is a guy who simply has one of his interns to write funny twitter posts and NOW he's suddenly "presidential material".

And some people honestly wonder how Trump was re-elected.

People really seem to not care that he is transphobic… well guess I’m gonna die either way now. Wasn’t a good life, wasn’t a long one either.

Pretty sad to see all these bluemagas already prepared to lose and suck it up and vote for gruesome newsom. Why would the dems give you anything if you're prepared to do whatever they ask of you anyway??? Hey boss I would like a salary increase but dont worry if you cant I'm gonna work here forever no matter what...

Would I prefer a President Newsom to a President trump? Yes. Is Newsom trash that won’t actually change anything about how this country is broken or won’t change how corrupt the Democratic Party is, or won’t meaningfully improve Americans’ material conditions in a sustainable way? Yes.

People need to understand that what neoliberals like Newsom represent, is a perpetuation of everything that sucks about modern American governance. He might perform rhetorically in a satisfying way, some of the time, but he LITERALLY stands for NOTHING other than solidifying his own power and facilitating ’markets’. That’s it. While he is better at the speaking part of this job than some other Democratic Party leaders, understand that words are as deep as this dickhead gets. He and his corporate consultants will not actually improve anything, won’t meaningfully roll back fascism, won’t hold Republicans accountable, won’t reign in or regulate corporations, won’t give you healthcare, won’t stop the genocide, won’t fix media, won’t reform campaign funding, won’t build infrastructure, won’t prosecute business fraud, and on and on.

The new poll, conducted by Echelon Insights, has Newsom in second place among potential Democratic candidates with 13 percent support, behind former Vice President Kamala Harris with 26 percent.

The number one spot right now is the woman who lost the last election, while number two is the guy who's been in the news lately. This is basically just measuring name recognition. It's more than 3 years until the election, a frontrunner is meaningless at this point.

Lefties: got anybody yet?

See, this is what having a national party can do for you. Getting some ink 100years out.

To be clear, I’m not supporting this particular candidate or messaging, but I am saying if you’re planning to spike the anti-fascist movement again, please have a plan, and a name at least.

We’re years out. Start now. Next September is too late to yoink the midterms. September 2028 is too late to complain about how much Democrats love teh geniside. Start Now. Have a plan and a name.

It might be a less popular opinion, but I’m really hopeful that Tim Walz gets the nod. He’s actually a human as opposed to a politician.

Great. He's gonna Hilary-up the election again.

Gross.

I knew after the 2nd day of Newsom dick riding on reddit that this is what the democrats will shove down voters throats when the time comes.

What would the democratic party do if they didnt have the republicans to use as a cudgel against thier voters?

The blue conservatives in this comment section are suffering from a terminal case of Stockholm syndrome.

There's no way he would win an election.

Performative slime chasing the presidency like Corey Booker.

Disgusting how people want to support someone who is pro-corporate and betrays trans rights.

Newsom is a corpo's idea of a progressive candidate. That is, he's not a progressive candidate.

Americans are so fucking dumb oh my god

It's unsurprising Newsom is leading, given all the media coverage he's been given.

Anyway, any poll result now for 2028 is meaningless. A lot's going to happen between now and then, and non-centrist candidates will probably emerge, and possibly do well.

Newsom Fetterman 2028. That's sure to fix things right up.

To everyone complaining: this is the fucking primary. This is when you bring out your leftist candidate that can represent us against literal fascists.

Stop fucking whining and do something about it before it's too late, Newsom wins the primary, and we all have to listen to you whine for another goddamn decade about how Democrats don't represent us.