I would back a progressive candidate as hard as you can in the primary if possible.

Newsom has a similar vibe problem as Harris where people outside of California don’t really know them or like them much.

Personally I say fuck anyone from CA or NY (except AOC) we need a candidate from somewhere else more down to earth.

He platforms Charlie Kirk on his podcast, and his record for how he treats policy in relation to prisons is pretty shit. In 2022 he vetoed a bill that would end indefinite solitary confinement because, ya know, that makes sense. He’s a self-important loud-mouth who’s doing funny things in regards to attack Trump but absolutely is not what the US needs right now. They to yank that needle to the left and all they’re being offered is centrists and conservatives who don’t like to stir the pot even while fascism is fully present in their country.

I suppose Newsom may win the presidency in 2028, and then caretake the country while doing the minimum for 4 to 8 years.

Just in time for another gop to win after that, and drive the USA to the brink of ruin even more than Trump

Back and forth. Same pattern the last two decades or more