Top Democrats were watching closely as California Gov. Newsom sparred with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in last week’s Fox News unusual undercard debate, doing his best to appear a loyal soldier for President Joe Biden – and that this event was not just his latest way of running himself, or setting himself to be turned to for the latest conspiracy scenario of the president dropping out ahead of next year’s convention.
  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    11 months ago

    For the next 11 months, they are stuck being intriguing but not enticing, stoking flames but not fanning them.

    lol, yeahhh, I don't think being too interesting should really be very high on the list of concerns for any of these people. This whole thing has a "Tobias Takes Over the Company" vibe

    Jeffrey Katzenberg chiding a number of the Democrats directly that the best way to get powerful fundraisers and other top leaders in their corner for 2028 is to be what he calls the “MVP” of getting the president re-elected in 2024, according to people who have heard him.

    After all, those are the only two traits I ever look for in a politician: the ability to eat shit and serve the machine