Posted on 07/27/2024 2:54:07 PM PDT by thecodont
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has long been viewed as a presidential contender, even as he remained adamant that he wouldn’t challenge a reelection bid from President Joe Biden in 2024. That’s why, when Biden stunned the nation by dropping out of the presidential race on Sunday just weeks after a calamitous debate performance against former President Donald Trump, it appeared that Newsom might finally make the jump.
But he didn’t. Instead, like so many other bigwigs in his party, he threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris just hours after Biden endorsed her as his successor.
The true answer to the fervent question of why Newsom didn’t toss his hat in the ring will likely remain a mystery (a representative for Newsom’s campaign didn’t reply to an SFGATE request for comment). But Rebecca Eissler, an associate professor in San Francisco State University’s political science department, offered a few reasons for why Newsom and other presidential contenders — such as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker — haven’t launched challenges to Harris’ nomination bid.
The first reason, Eissler told SFGATE, is money.
She said the Biden campaign’s coffers are filled with dollars that Biden raised for his reelection bid with Harris on the ticket. Now that he’s out, she said, that money automatically goes to Harris’ campaign.
“The Biden-Harris war chest was always in both of their names,” she said. “It was not as strong of a war chest as they would have hoped after the debate, but it was still a sizable amount of money that would not really have been able to go to anyone else.”
Secondly, she said other potential Democratic candidates simply don’t have the resources to compete with those dollars.
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Third reason: his shared history with Harris.
Another reason is polling showing 2024 is going to be a tough year for democrats.
Many potential Democrats may be thinking they will let Kamala be defeated, then regroup for 2028.
Kamala’s political career may well be over if she loses in 2024.
He didn’t think he could win.
Because the Democrat Party politburo had already made its decision.
If? She better lose!
If he was a real man he’d run. Patiently waiting for a real-man-republican(elected) to say that.
2028 so the 1984 masses will Forget how he destroyed calipornia!
Plus if anyone challenges Trump and then loses in the general election, it’s the end of their political career. They’re better off to wait until 2028.
He couldn’t pass the vetting. Needs 4 years to scrub it.
She can and probably will lose the the actual popular vote as well as the Electoral vote. That doesn’t mean she won’t be the next “president, though The voting machines come from Democrat owned companies and the cheating was so massive and semi open and unchallenged-accepted at face value by the Republicans, in 2020 that it is bound to be much more in 2024.What succeeds once will be doubled for the next run and elections will truly be meaningless thereafter except to ratify the DNC choices.
BINGO!
Apart from the money the problem of starting a campaign at this late stage would be another daunting hurdle for anyone other than Kamala.
Yuge population ‘Rat Counties in ~6 States.
‘Rats have got this.
How could he possibly win with the disaster he created in the state of CA? How could he possibly hide from that?
Would he win Cali?
If these Democrat opportunists thought that Donald Trump is going to be easy to beat in the fall, they would be climbing all over each other to get the nomination. None of the factors mentioned would matter one iota if they believe that securing the nomination would automatically mean a victory in the general election.
No,No,No!....The election is over, Kamala the magnificent has already won. I saw it on TV so it must be true! All pigs are equal.....All pigs are equal....😵💫
2020 proved to me that the dims can steal an election and install anybody.
The Obamas don’t think anyone can beat DJT that is why they are sacrificing Harris.
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