Three summers ago, when then-Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the job as Joe Biden’s running mate, she doubtlessly had visions dancing in her head of running for president in 2024.
Biden being what he was, after all — a geriatric placeholder — there seemed to be little doubt that Harris wasn’t just the administration’s No. 2 but No. 1. If all went smoothly, Kamala could send Biden back home to Delaware, so he could spend more time churning out “paintings” and signing Hunter’s name to them. Madame Vice President, the Oval Office is yours for the taking, so long as we can all safely assume you can hold your own and send Joe back to his basement for a nice, long nap.
Things have not gone smoothly, however — although there is a California Democrat openly campaigning for the White House this summer. His name is Gavin Newsom, and from reports inside the Kamala camp, he’s making Harris furious.
Newsom may not be running in 2024, but anyone with a TV and a brain knows the guy is getting a five-year jump on 2028, particularly with a plan to debate Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis (you know, an actual presidential candidate) about the relative merits of how each is governing their own states — which have become the archetypes for liberal vs. conservative policy outcomes, respectively.
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