I am worried that the democRATs will find a way to get rid of Biden and nominate Newsom. The suburban women will flock to Gavin.
I think it is always a bad idea to underestimate one’s opponent. Newsome wins this debate by getting his first national media attention. All he has to do is show up, have good hair and make a few glib wisecracks. That’s all latter-day America is interested in.
I can’t imagine anyone really cares about this. The media will try and make it into something but it’s really not. It’s for political junkies, that’s all.
Trump will win this debate!
Platform shoes aside, the uninformed public will immediately note the significant height advantage Newsom has over DeSantis.
The uninformed public will thus award the debate victory to Newsom, before a single word is spoken.
This is the USSA. All Newsome has to say is “Obama is his hero, Trump is a Nazi, conservatives are a threat to our democracy, and Taylor Swift is the greatest ever” and he wins going away.
DeSantis has all the wrong friends while President Trump has all the right enemies.
President Trump or nothing.
Note to DeSantis: Handle Hair Gel Hitler or hit the bricks.
If this is going to be a real debate, an actual debate and not just joint press conferences like political debates tend to be, this could be very enlightening for the American people.
An actual debate could really point out the differences between liberalism and conservatism.
If Newsome is put on defense, let him defend the problems of California, and how his governance has not solved the severe problems in that state. Let him defend liberal policies and let him explain how his liberal policies have not done anything to solve the problems of his state. Point out how the California legislature is dominated by Democrats, so he cannot blame his problems in his State on Republicans.
If this event would be a real debate, and real back and forth between a liberal governor and a conservative Governor, this could really educate the American people.
Perhaps a wild card , is Hannity going to get in the middle of good discussions. Maybe Hannity orchestrated this whole thing just to help his own ratings and his own image.
All hat & no cattle, all hype & no substance, kabuki theatre. A trumped up exercise in empty posturing.
A strangled desperate last gasp for relevance.
But I could have just said DeSantis Newsome debate and all the rest is understood.
Will the winner of this debate get to be governor of CA or FL or both? Not really understanding what the goal is here?
For sure, neither are party nominees for anything and neither are running against each other for anything.
He has ALREADY lost.! He lost the second he agreed debate the POS... NEVER let a rat sit at your table..
It is a dumb idea to debate any Democrat that isn’t part of the final run for President. Newsome isn’t even technically running for anything, but he is likely a prominent replacement for Biden when he’s finally forced out of running again by his controllers. For DeSantis to debate him only elevates Newsome in the national eye and provides a whole lot of risk for DeSantis in terms of how he performs. Even if DeSantis is a huge firecracker winner, the MSM and poweratti will just do the same thing - keep saying Newsome won so it’s settled.
I am in total agreement with the author!
my opinion of desantis is he should remain gov . He is doing such a great job in Florida; he needs to be there for Floridians . Who could ever take his place? ,certainly no one knows who would . And just because he is doing a great job as gov doesn’t mean he is qualified to be POTUS, if he thinks so, then he has been sorely mislead.
that greasy slimy power hungry creep from Cali needs to be told to stand down in so many words and hit the bricks . He should be thankful for what little moral compass he has and crawl back to his corrupt corner of the world . His over preening makes me sick
Newsom is the only one with anything to gain. Unlike DeSantis, he actually could win his party's nomination in 2028.
Meatball should debate a short first grader so he can say he won something
DeSantis did himself in, right out of the shoot. He came out swinging.. Going after Trump...someone advised him to do that?
Newsom was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle.. Some years ago. .. She is now on the Trump team.