{"id":2293485,"date":"2024-07-12T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-skipping-a-hail-mary-presidential-bid-could-be-a-smart-move-for-newsom-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:02:20","slug":"why-skipping-a-hail-mary-presidential-bid-could-be-a-smart-move-for-newsom-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-skipping-a-hail-mary-presidential-bid-could-be-a-smart-move-for-newsom-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why skipping a Hail Mary presidential bid could be a smart move for Newsom &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-skipping-a-hail-mary-presidential-bid-could-be-a-smart-move-for-newsom-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u2063 California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s decision not to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic \u2063nomination in the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-encourages-auto-industry-workers-to-vote-for-him-to-end-electric-vehicle-madness\/\" title=\"Trump urges auto industry workers to vote for him to stop electric vehicle &#039;craze&#039;.\">upcoming presidential \u200belection<\/a>. Political strategists and Democratic Californians believe that delaying his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">presidential bid<\/a> until 2028 could benefit \u200bNewsom by allowing him to build name recognition and avoid a chaotic race against former President Donald Trump. Polling shows that\u2062 Harris is currently more popular than Newsom in a race against \u2064Trump, making her the likely replacement \u200dfor President Joe Biden if he withdraws from the race.\u200b Newsom has accepted this setback to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnn-is-calling-out-opportunist-nikki-haley-for-trying-to-play-both-sides-video\/\" title=\"Even CNN is Calling Out Opportunist Nikki Haley for Trying to Play Both Sides (VIDEO)\">presidential ambitions<\/a> and political experts agree that it\u200d is in his \u200dbest interest\u2064 to wait\u200c for\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabriella-hoffman-gop-can-court-new-voters-by-championing-freelancing\/\" title=\"Gabriella Hoffman: GOP Can Court New Voters By Championing Freelancing\">future election cycle<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read 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class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> edges out Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> as voters\u2019 favorite to replace President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> at the top of the ticket, but that\u2019s not necessarily bad news for the Californian. <\/p>\n<p>Political strategists and Democratic Californians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-12\/as-kamala-harris-rises-gavin-newsoms-short-term-presidential-prospects-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>say<\/a> waiting to mount his presidential bid until the 2028 election cycle could buy Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-canceled-sf-school-board-formally-rescinds-move-to-rename-schools-after-lincoln-washington-feinstein\/\" title=\"Un-Canceled: SF School Board Formally Rescinds Move To Rename Schools After Lincoln, Washington, Feinstein\">valuable time<\/a> to build name recognition and save him from a chaotic race this year. If Democrats do end up replacing the top of their ticket, Biden\u2019s replacement will be racing against the clock to pull off a challenging, last-minute victory against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump?source=%2Fdue-process-is-crucial-to-justice-both-for-accusers-and-the-accused\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Both Newsom and Harris are widely viewed as replacements for Biden should he end his presidential campaign. However, with polling showing Harris performing better than Newsom in a race against Trump, the California governor may have escaped an election-year nightmare. <\/p>\n<p>Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3078801\/newsom-vows-not-to-challenge-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vowed not to challenge<\/a> Harris for the nomination earlier this week while pledging to continue his support for Biden. The Democratic president\u2019s grasp on his reelection ambitions remains tight, also Biden\u2019s latest comments allowed for a caveat. Thursday evening, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-elections-live-updates-biden-trump-house-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told the press<\/a> he wouldn\u2019t step down unless his team tells him, \u201cThere\u2019s no way you can win.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>His words come as a variety of polling shows him consistently losing to Trump in November. Should the president have a change of heart and step down from his campaign bid, the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2024\/07\/09\/heres-how-kamala-harris-performs-in-polls-against-trump-as-she-emerges-as-most-likely-biden-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polls<\/a> continue to show Harris outperforming Newsom, making her the most likely Biden replacement. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris stands on stage with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife at a campaign event in 2021. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A California Democratic activist says her governor has made peace with the setback to his presidential ambitions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the time to make that power move, and I think Gavin Newsom understands that,\u201d Aimee Allison, founder and president of She the People, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-12\/as-kamala-harris-rises-gavin-newsoms-short-term-presidential-prospects-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>While she generally supports Newsom, Allison believes Harris is the woman for the moment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sense was, and still is, that a generational transition right now with Kamala Harris heading it is logical, and it\u2019s also the closest thing the Democrats have to winning strategy this late in the cycle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Thad Kousser, a professor of political science at UC San Diego, agrees it is in Newsom\u2019s best interests to forgo competing for the Democratic nomination this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election cycle<\/a>. The professor told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> ceding the nomination battle was a politically savvy decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took a reality and made it a virtue,\u201d Kousser said of Newsom. \u201cCertainly, he gave up a short-term possibility of coming into this role and leading the Democrats to victory in 2024.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a silver lining, Kousser says. Newsom has \u201cset himself up quite well for 2028 and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kousser said he sees this year and beyond as a valuable time for Newsom to build a national profile, all under the cover of campaigning for the 2024 Democratic nominee. <\/p>\n<p>If Biden stays in the race and loses, Newsom has several years to pad his resume and expand political favor. If\u00a0Harris gets pulled to stand in for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a> and loses to Trump, her viability as a candidate in 2028 could also go out the window, leaving the path clear for Newsom.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1700586\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1700586\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision to not run for president this year could benefit Gavin Newsom in the long run, as it gives him time to build name recognition and avoid a chaotic race. Kamala Harris is currently favored over Newsom as a potential replacement for Joe Biden, but this may work in Newsom&#8217;s favor as he can focus on building his profile for a future presidential bid in 2028. Newsom has accepted this setback and is focusing on supporting Biden and building his national profile for future opportunities. If Biden steps down and Harris loses to Trump, Newsom could have a clear path to the presidency in the future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2293486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harris-Newsom.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34820,34821,32504,33994,32076],"class_list":["post-2293485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-governor-gavin-newsom","tag-hail-mary-bid","tag-political-strategy","tag-presidential-campaign","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harris-Newsom.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}