Posted on 11/16/2025 11:19:54 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The 2028 presidential election is more than 1,000 days away, but you’d hardly know it from all the speculation and anticipation that’s swirling from Sacramento to the Washington Beltway.
Standing at the center of attention is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off his big victory on Proposition 50, the backatcha ballot measure that gerrymandered the state’s congressional map to boost Democrats and offset a power grab by Texas Republicans.
Newsom is bidding for the White House, and has been doing so for the better part of a year, though he won’t say so out loud. Is Newsom the Democratic front-runner or a mere flash in the pan?
Times columnists Anita Chabria and Mark Z. Barabak disagree on Newsom’s presidential prospects, and more. Here the two hash out some of their differences.
Barabak: So is the presidential race over, Anita? Should I just spend the next few years backpacking and snowboarding in the Sierra and return in January 2029 to watch Newsom iterate, meet the moment and, with intentionality, be sworn in as our nation’s 48th president?
Chabria: You should definitely spend as much time in the Sierra as possible, but I have no idea if Newsom will be elected president in 2028 or not. That’s about a million light-years away in political terms. But I think he has a shot, and is the front-runner for the nomination right now. He’s set himself up as the quick-to-punch foil to President Trump, and increasingly as the leader of the Democratic Party. Last week, he visited Brazil for a climate summit that Trump ghosted, making Newsom the American presence.
And in a recent (albeit small) poll, in a hypothetical race against JD Vance, the current Republican favorite, Newsom...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Times columnist takes stock: “Should I just spend the next few years backpacking and snowboarding in the Sierra and return in January 2029 to watch Newsom, meet the moment w/ hair dutifully gelled in place, and, with Democrat-inspired intentionality, be sworn in as our nation’s 48th president?”
More Than 70% of Ca Fire Victims Still in Temporary Housing
As Newsom patiently gels his hair
Breitbart ^ | 15 Nov 2025 | Elizabeth Weibel
Posted on 11/16/2025, 2:22:52 PM by Olog-hai
More than 70 percent of people who were affected by the Palisades Fire in California from January are still living in temporary housing, according to a report. A survey conducted by the Department of Angels surveyed “2,300 fire-impacted residents across” Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Times. The survey found that 75 percent “of surveyed Pacific Palisades residents and 67% of surveyed Altadena residents are in temporary housing.” […]
Gel-happy California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom has been reported as attempting to shift attention away from the Pacific Palisades fire, which “destroyed 7,000 structures and killed 12 people in the Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas alone.” (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The old saying as California goes so goes the nation. If Newsom becomes the president, that will expedite the rest of the nation to fall into the same dung heap that California now finds itself in.
Gavin Newsom a young Joe Biden both have the same skills and long winded BS grinders.
I am mesmerized by his non-stop hand gestures.
Democrats don’t care about facts or history or records or consequences. Democrats are zombie sheep lemmings who only care about image and feelings and winning at all costs. They look at Newsom, and they see a tall, handsome guy who hates Trump and MAGA, and dream about a California and a Hollywood that doesn’t really exist anymore. That’s all they need to know.
If it’s Newsom it should be DeSantis for us. Fair fight and contrast in governing philosophy not to mention results.
DeSantis handled him on the Hannity debate. Newsom will need his MSM help.
Hand gestures you say. Man, I’m intrigued by the wiggly head and shoulders. What is up with that guy. I would think most men would walk away from a man wiggling the head and shoulders like Newsome.
That is the wiggly head and shoulders. I would run a clip of that all through the election with just a caption, “Does anyone want this for a president in America?”
A flash in the pan usually smells pretty bad.
He probably will become president. This country is bizarre.
I agree.
I don't think JD has Trump's charisma so he's not going to win 2028 with MAGA strategy.
Marco Rubio or Tulsi Gabbard may be the better option.
I can answer the question. He’s neither. He’s an irrelevant nuisance, kind of like a fart in an elevator annoying but of no consequence, who’s propped up by illegal aliens and stupid ignorant Democrat voters in CA.
He’s got as much chance as a Biden comeback and more baggage than hunters laptop.
Flash in the pan? More like turd in the punch bowl I say.
Yes, on Marco, absolutely no on Tulsi.
I'm holding out for DeSantis.
He’s high on cocaine.
At this point, I'll vote for JD's challenger even though I do like JD.
I prefer to win.
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