Last week, Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office and found Gavin Newsom measuring for curtains and it suddenly dawned on His Feebleness that maybe – just maybe – this Newsom kid might not quite be the utterly loyal, only doing what’s best for Joe and Kamala person he has said – repeatedly – that he is.
Hence the reports - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12451313/Biden-advisors-Gavin-Newsoms-debate-DeSantis.html - saying that folks in the Biden-Harris camp are miffed that Newsom’s shadow campaign is overshadowing their own efforts to – God help us – get four more years in DC.
Newsom’s proposed debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - https://californiaglobe.com/fr/newsom-vs-desantis-the-debate-is-on/ - seems to have finally touched a nerve - specifically Kamala’s - in the administration.
Realizing that Newsom V. DeSantis completely sidelines and insults her and her office and makes it clear to everyone on the planet who really is the candidate-in-waiting, Harris backers (there’s such a thing still? Hmm…who knew? well, different strokes, I suppose) have belatedly begun squawking about the proposal.
Actually, she does have a point – would you want his mistress to give your husband’s eulogy?
That’s pretty awkward.
But there really isn’t anything she can do about it – Gavin will need an Attorney General, you know – and even if she could do something given her track record she would just make things worse.
As for DeSantis, the debate has become rather important. His lackluster campaign has worn the sheen off of the “well, if it’s not Trump it has to be this guy” potential of his efforts – by debating Newsom one-on-one he can at least partially reignite that sense. He will look presidential and serious, things he needs to re-establish right about now (actually, yesterday.)
But for now, all Kamala - https://thomas699.substack.com/p/kamala-in-tow - can do is fume impotently (which is pretty much the definition of being vice president anyway.)
Speaking of fuming impotently, over the past few weeks the media has been slowly ramping up the “uh oh – covid is back – run for the hills!” messaging.
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