Yes I think he’s an astute politician.
Given his connections to Kamala Harris, it strikes me that he is publicly putting her in the same group of Democrats who can’t beat Trump.
Willie Brown is an old-school corrupt Democrat who has little in common with the younger generation of Marxist ideologues, so he feels free to criticize them for missing the point that keeping the gravy train alive should matter more to them than destroying it in the name of ideology. Not one of the Democrats running is smart enough to listen to him except Biden, who is too scared of the base to talk like Willie. If Biden dared to, he would win the nomination easily.