Kamala’s campaign died when she refused to disavow Biden or explain what she would do differently.
During her current comeback, she has still refused to disavow Biden, admit that he was mentally incompetent and should not have been running.
You would think that would provide an easy opening for Newsom to differentiate himself from Kamala. Nope.
In an interview, Newsom declared that “one of the most successful presidents in the last century, and that is Joe Biden and I will defend that to my grave.”
His political grave at any rate.
Newsom is gambling that by 2027, no one is going to remember how much they hated Biden and his administration. That may not be the smartest gamble and it opens the door to the first Dem presidential candidate willing to say that Biden was a complete trainwreck.
That’s a hard sell for Buttigieg, who was part of the administration, but maybe not so much for AOC or Pritzker.
But to be fair to Gov. Newsom, Biden was a more successful president than he was a successful governor. But that’s like saying the Jets are better than the Saints.
