he Democratic Party is united — for now. Fear and loathing of Donald Trump keeps the various Democratic factions in a precarious peace. But labor v. environment, Jewish vote v. Muslim vote, and center-left v. hardcore progressivism cannot remain at bay forever. The fiercest battle may well be the looming civil war between Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the party leadership once President Biden leaves the stage.
And it won’t be pretty…
While Newsom fell in line endorsing Biden, he has ramped up his campaign to be the “Next Big Thing” for Democrats. His media appearances are unabated, and his public relations team is working overtime. A foreign policy trip to China to meet Xi Jinping, various progressive policy initiatives passed by a pliant legislature, all resemble the Gov. Ron DeSantis Republican playbook in Florida. Newsom will debate DeSantis at the end of November in a putative dry run for 2028.
All this has to leave Team Harris fuming. Harris is stuck in Washington, unable to do anything without the approval of the White House — a White House that gave Buttigieg a (botched) tryout in 2022. Like all VPs, she is tied to all the decisions and problems of the president with no ability to do anything about it. From the outside it does not appear there is any substantive working relationship at all, unlike most past administrations.
Harris must be wondering: How can she be sidelined in today’s Democratic Party? She checks so many identity boxes. She has not broken with Biden and has mostly been a loyal soldier. Yet she is likely to face the white male scion of a prominent San Francisco family who is getting a free ride from the progressive media.
R&I ~ MJM
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