Having a young candidate like Newsome would reduce their Kamala risk to acceptable levels. They like her as a useful idiot-of-color so long as she’s unlikely to advance to the big chair.
Newsom in for Kamala
Both from California, can’t be on same ticket
Imagine an idiot like Kamala inheriting Newsom’s created disaster, and imagine the campaign ad for Newsom: Make America California!
But let’s all go back to 2012 when it was assured (by conservatives) Biden was out as vp.