Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the Bay Area News Group and East Bay Times. He edits the Hills weekly Alameda Journal, Berkeley Voice, El Cerrito Journal, Montclarion and Piedmonter newspapers; Central Costa County's weekly Concord Transcript and Walnut Creek Journal papers; and East Contra Costa's weekly East County News.
For the first time in his almost 30 years in politics, Gov. Gavin Newsom, seen above at a Dec. 27 news conference in Oakland, may have a clear path to seek national office without having to contest against a stablemate.Gov. Gavin Newsom has steadfastly denied any interest in becoming president for as long as he’s been in office, but any California governor becomes a presidential possibility from the moment of being elected, like it or not.
Those days are done, though. The national electorate has told Harris it won’t elect her president, even when her party’s nomination is handed to her without so much as winning a single primary election or caucus. For some, Newsom has been already leading the opposition to President-elect Donald Trump months before Trump assumes office.
No other Democratic prospect today has his prominence. Trump tacitly acknowledges this by making Newsom the only Democratic governor to whom he applies one of his trademark derogatory nicknames: “New-scum.” He will never say so, but in a way, all this makes the 2024 election outcome almost ideal for Newsom. He scores points with Democrats nationally every time Trump insults him. He will have the last two years of his term to establish a record of resisting Trump at every turn, successful or not. He will also have an opportunity to address state Democratic Party conventions all over the country if he likes.
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