Gavin Newsom podcast - why is he doing this?

Well, we know what his new nickname is and it sounds quite fitting.

Damn, Gavin not only fucks Republicans but raises them. Wouldn't it be crazy if Gavin was actually a conservative that cosplays as a Democrat because he happens to be born from CA stock?

But to OPs point, podcasts are an important medium. You'd think the party that loves to talk, talk, talk about 10,000 plans for saving the nation would excel at podcasts. Look at the guests he's been able to snag. This is basically along political ad to remove Newsome's liberal California edge to voters in the run up to 2028.

A) he wants attention

B) see A

If Gavin does run his 13 yo will have a bigger impact on the election than Harris or Walz.

Smart pols read the room and act accordingly. Less smart pols call for federal prisoners to be given sex change operations.

It’s all about winning not purity

Because Gavin is either smarter than you or just more willing to admit that the Democrats got their assessment kicked in 2025 and need to change something.

Gavin knows he ie currently unelectable because he's seen as a liberal governor of a liberal state.

He's trying to appeal to the younger generations, the men who listen to podcasts, etc.

*asses, not assessment.

If he runs for President he’ll continue to diminish the D party like Harris, Pelosi and Schumer.

But is it really smart to piss off your base while giving yet another platform to fascist fucks who already have plenty of outlets to spread their manure? MAGAts are never voting for Gavin, and he is rapidly losing respect from people who supported him up until now.

The cutesy marketing graphics with that festering sore of a Nazi 🤮

I think Gavin is high functioning autistic which makes his appeal even sexier.

This man is thinking about the White House. He is smart to have these type of guests. Neurotic liberals think any guest with polar opposite views from oneself means you co-sign. Bannon is extreme right wing but he was correct about the abuse of foreign visas and how the middle class was screwed over by all these foreign implants on work programs.

Well, he is getting roasted by a lot of people who would have happily voted for him just a few weeks ago. He just exposed himself to be another unprincipled grifter.

[quote]I think Gavin is high functioning autistic which makes his appeal even sexier.

This is the Datalounge where everyone thinks everyone else is autistic.

Gavin is neurodivergent with ADHD and dyslexia. Not ASD which is related but different.

I assume he finally realized he has no shot in hell at the 2028 nom (the base AND the leftists will both destroy him, especially after this), so he is looking at other post governorship job prospects such as Third Way think tank consultant or Bill Maher-esque “libertarian” talk show host.

[quote] I think Gavin is high functioning autistic which makes his appeal even sexier.

Said no one ever.

He'd kick ass as President. I think it's a smart move that he starts this podcast. Team Newsom all the way!

You win some, you Newsom.

Because the asshole just can't say no to easy attention.

He's Donald Trump with a better tan. He's purely out for himself, and to see his name in big lights.

The bust. LOL

R14 an interesting question—- will the progressives destroy any chance the dem party has , in their chase for progressive purity?

Progressives currently more unpopular nationally than the rest

Democrats like Gavin are why we lost the 2024 election. Out of touch and clueless how bad things are in cities due to Democratic leadership. The party may not recover for decades, especially if it hangs on to ineffective leadership like Schumer and Jeffries. Turn the page.

R20 Let’s be honest, the loudest far leftist organizers (I hate to say “progressive” bc the mainstream Dem party platform is progressive, I prefer “far left” for those with unrealistic demands) don’t vote anyway, and they encourage others to stay home or vote third party, so the more we can ignore them the better. Bernie will be far too old to run next time and there isn’t anyone else they’re coalescing around. AOC was their great hope but has become too centrist for them.

In terms of primaries they were, until now, more destructive to Shapiro’s 2028 prospects than Newsom’s but Gavin may have reversed that now. I don’t see the far left in 2028 having much effect in selecting the candidate, only eliminating ones, those two included.

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[quote]political ad to remove Newsome's liberal California edge to voters in the run up to 2028.

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[quote]He's trying to appeal to the younger generations, the men who listen to podcasts, etc.

But it's not going to work. Magat jungen are stupid and easily swayed, but not that stupid and easily swayed.

I agree with R10. More people will tune in to hear Gavin vs. Steve because people like a joust. It will also net Gavin a wider audience.

Newsom is just doing what we should have done. Appealing to those outside The Bubble. But the bitch ignored my advice.

I don't know why people go on these podcasts. Such a waste of time.

Why not!

Kamala tried this with Liz Cheney. She crashed and burned.

These people tried overthrowing our government.

“with Liz Cheney” :-)

Given the feckless responses from the Dems to the DC dumpster fire these last few weeks, I'm happy some high profile Dem is doing SOMETHING interesting and creative. Maybe listening to what 77 million Americans voted for while exposing some of them to your ideas is pretty darned smart? I think smart Dems are in a period of "let's throw a lot of shit at the wall and see what sticks." Or maybe we'd prefer he (and other profile Dems with some charisma) take the highly effective approach currently pursued by Schumer and Jeffries?

I think Pete Buttigieg is smart for going on FOX and explaining things in plain English to the brainwashed rubes. But Gavin comes off as completely disingenuous and very unserious with this crap. There are enough Joe Rogan wannabes out there.

Bluntly, Gavin Newsom has figured out ( ahead of most Dems) that in order to win back the presidency/house and Senate, we have to understand and take advantage of a rhetorical style that appeals to and attracts low information and or low intelligence voters.

We need to understand what gets their attention and gets them motivated and finesse our agenda into rhetoric that meets these goals.

R33 alas this is true, I hate it, but most younger folks seem to respond to it

R33 He hasn't figured it out, though. He still speaks like a pretentious prick. He still LOOKS like a pretentious prick. And he's still the personification of California - a state he loves, but that everyone else thinks of as a lawless, costly, psycho ward by the sea.

R11 Those same cunts are still gonna vote for him. You can’t win the Whitehouse with just California lefty coalition. You simply cannot and will not.

I don't know that trying to cater to MAGA douchebros will accomplish much. They'll still vote for the Republican no matter what. I think his time would be better spent trying to reach the 9 million people that voted for Biden in 2020 and that didn't show up in 2024. Or the Hispanics/Black men that voted for Trump. Maybe those people we could win back over, but I just don't see these bro boys coming back to voting for Dems ever. Plus Gavin's got the whole California stink attached to him--I know it's all BS but that matters out in Flyover country. They hate CA with a passion--I think someone from the midwest or south would be much more electable--JB Pritzker is one name that comes to mind.

[quote]I don't know that trying to cater to MAGA douchebros will accomplish much.

I was not talking about catering to them but understanding the way to message an agenda so they hear and identify with it. The right wing is expert at it and it's entirely fact free. They have found ways to emotionally engage low information/low intelligence voters and make them believe that the Republican agenda cares about them and is good for them. It is neither.

Democrats need to understand how they think and what they respond to on a rhetorical level. They aren't voting for Republicans because of facts, they are voting because of feelings.

He's a narcissist And I can't imagine Californians are happy about his doing a podcast

Black men are not going to go for Newsom. I doubt Latino men would either since that’s the exact demo in CA that has swung ever more right under his watch.

[quote]Democrats need to understand how they think and what they respond to on a rhetorical level. They aren't voting for Republicans because of facts, they are voting because of feelings.

I don't agree with this at all. Figure out why 8 million Joe Biden voters stayed at home in November and you'll have your answer. You already know why they're voting Republican, the question is why did those 8 million stop caring. Trump won by 1.5 points, and they barely won the House, hardly a mandate, and hardly the Democratic House is on fire rhetoric coming from some of you.

R41 A lot of them simply didn't want to vote for a broad.

But how can Charlie Kirk be 31 years old, yet still look like a two hour-old spermatozoon in a suit?

[quote] Black men are not going to go for Newsom. I doubt Latino men would either since that’s the exact demo in CA that has swung ever more right under his watch.

Let's not start this over-exaggeration again. Trump is his own worst enemy right now and if there is an election in 2028, MAGA is on shaky ground.

R42 that plus frankly July is way too late to switch candidates, for better or worse. History has proven that before and it did again last year. There is a reason “did Joe Biden drop out” was the top Google search the day of the election. The American people don’t recognize a game change when it bites them in the ass.

Unless your previously chosen candidate is literally not breathing in July, you need to staple a steel rod to their spine, put a ventriloquist on the voicebox and carry them through November by any means necessary. But the George Clooneys and Pod Save Americas of the world did not want to hear it so here we are.

R37 People like Joe Rogan are too popular. It’s not just a bunch of diehard MAGAs. The Democrats have a male problem. It used to be in blue collar fields some of the guys would bee democrats. Now from 18-60–they’re all voting republican. They all voted for Trump. Wake up. Even in the tech field too except in New York and LA.

R46 there is no hope for the Dems until they understand this,

Dems are seen as weak overly sensitive cunts by many of these young men.

[quote]a state he loves, but that everyone else thinks of as a lawless, costly, psycho ward by the sea.

That would be Florida, r35.

[quote]Figure out why 8 million Joe Biden voters stayed at home in November

Or *did* they, r41?

The Bernie Bros fucked the Dem Party by giving woman haters a reason to consider themselves “leftists”. We need to deal with the misogyny in our own midst before we can deal with the dumbass Gen Z MAGAs who are basically unemployable, uneducated and playing video games in their mom’s basement 24/7 dreaming of getting rich off crypto. That part will change…I can’t imagine fat fey Elon wearing his toddler around his neck for self-defense will remain the hero of the youth generation for long. But we need the Bernie cult to end.

Scientists collecting water, air and soil samples in neighborhoods ravaged by fires say they’re concerned about long-term health risks for residents. -NYTimes

what does he discuss?

Thank you r46 for giving us your commentary on the 2024 election. We're looking toward 2028.

The Governor is receiving bad counsel

R51 Thanks. I was pretty much right about everything I predicted last year.

[quote]The Democrats have a male problem.

Psssst

We don’t when we nominate men

I am waiting for his Onlyfans

R49 shut up and go to bed wasserman

Newsom will be the next president.

It’s a Trojan horse 🤡

Gavin Newsom is not the one.

[quote] The Bernie Bros fucked the Dem Party by giving woman haters a reason to consider themselves “leftists”. We need to deal with the misogyny in our own midst before we can deal with the dumbass Gen Z MAGAs who are basically unemployable, uneducated and playing video games in their mom’s basement 24/7 dreaming of getting rich off crypto. That part will change…I can’t imagine fat fey Elon wearing his toddler around his neck for self-defense will remain the hero of the youth generation for long. But we need the Bernie cult to end.

Many of the people in the Bernie cult are also huge AOC and Fraud Squad supporters. The only way the Bernie/AOC cult will end is if AOC and her Frad Squad pals have a major scandal that forces them out of Congress.

They don't seem to be having any major scandals so far, r60.

And I certainly don't want them to be forced out of Congress.

r33, here. Just want to say, I was wrong here. I incorrectly assumed Newsom had the agenda of creating a dialogue with these freaks, but with the addition to Steve Bannon on his guest list and the ZERO push back when Bannon claimed the 2020 election was "stolen" I have to admit I was wrong.

I still believe the Democrats need to revise their rhetoric, but whatever Newsom is doing, it's not helping

R61 Give it time. There's no fucking way AOC has clean hands in the world of politics.

who listened?

'California - a state he loves, but that everyone else thinks of as a lawless, costly, psycho ward by the sea.'

Exactly why I moved here.

R31, how is he helping anyone by platforming bigots?

He is platforming bigots like Michael Savage and Charlie Kirk who HATE GAYS

Gavin pretended to be an ally to get votes in San Francisco

Gay people should not put up with this

[quote]I don't know that trying to cater to MAGA douchebros will accomplish much. They'll still vote for the Republican no matter what.

Exactly, all it's doing is giving them a platform--especially since he's not pushing back on them.

If he was doing it to better "explore" the world outside of the "bubble" then he wouldn't be booking these guests back to back to back.

I had an interaction with him a few years back and he was nice. He was also incredibly handsome. Now I can't stand to see him anywhere.

Fuck my legacy.

Gavin Newsom’s personal life is a mess & it shows…

R69 He’s got the cock of a Kennedy and the taste of a Clinton

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Allegedly had a baby with a staffer in Sacramento.

That is why Spouse #2 got a $9 million house in Marin.

New data on the reaction to Gavin Newsom’s new podcast:

- Favorability amongst Liberals has declined from 46% to 30%.

- While some Republicans agreed with his stances, they overwhelmingly viewed him as insincere, calling him “fake” and “pandering”

- His net favorability dropped from +4 to -6, a 10-point swing in the wrong direction.

- Only 13% of voters had an improved perception of him, and only 1 in 5 said the podcast made them want to tune in for more.

Yall are insane, if you think democrats will ever win another national election by losing nearly 70% of white men. 70 fucking percent. WAKE UP.

And at the same time that republicans are winning white men in record breaking numbers, they are also gaining black males in numbers not seen since Nixon. but everyone else is wrong though right.

Because he’s a raging narcissist?

He was married to nutcase Kimberly Guntfoyle. What more do we need to know about Gavin's character?

[quote] Only 13% of voters had an improved perception of him, and only 1 in 5 said the podcast made them want to tune in for more.

If that number is accurate, it tells you why he's doing this. 13% voter perception improvement is pretty good in such a short amount of time. He's looking at the long game obviously and betting on the idea that if he can get enough support from white men, he will be on his way to the WH.

It's not an impossibility at all. As it has been pointed out up thread, Democrats need to find a way to win more white male votes and how to motivate the 90 million or so assholes who decided not to vote at all last election

he can be a total dick, yet still be intensely charismatic. he looks so much better in person because the camera can’t capture the rizz.

he has the same quality as clinton, when they are talking to you, it’s mesmerizing. there is literally no one else in the room but bill or gavin, and they are 100% focused on you. even if for just the 30 seconds of the meet and greet.

And Gavin & Bill love the ladies.

And married women who can’t handle that…

Gavin loves gay men

Only ignorant shitheads and horny gays like Gavin Newsom.

The guy's a completely empty suit. He's not even interesting enough to be a serial killer or a fornicator. He's just plain dull. He has no values, no direction, and no sense of genuine moral integrity. He just wants the admiration of strangers, and a fancy government paycheck. He's worthless.

gavin was born to wealth. i can’t believe a gubmit paycheck means anything to him. and he sure is going about getting the admiration of strangers in the oddest way. the most popular he’s ever been national wide was when he crushed ron desantis like a fat little roly poly bug.

of course we now know the reasons for that odd little debate side show. he needed to raise his profile since he was about to mount a coup against joe biden and kamala harris. backstabber.

I'll listen after I've finished my HP Lovecraft audiobooks

Gov. Gavin Newsom confirms he’s been sending cellphones to the leaders of major California businesses with his direct line programmed into them.

Amid his pro biz push, sources told me some in the tech industry at first didn’t think it was real.

(Free phones for rich businesspeople isn't a very populist move. Couldn't he just give them his phone #?)

This is a mess.

Sounds like someone who might actually try to win. The Party may not be ready for that.

R86 Gavin has been trying too hard to be liked his entire life.

He's a greasy ball of ambition. Nothing more.

He pardoned Luna Nozawa! She murdered two men! Barely served any time. Soft on crime.

R88 But he refused to help Leslie Van Houten, the DL legend.

Maybe the Dems should just take a pass on 2028. It does not seem to be anyone worthy of the nomination.

Some and I hate to say this but some seem to want to win really bad. How ambitious.

R90 We said the same thing in 1973 and 1989.

R91 cheap shot :-)

Newsom says he never supported anti-police ‘lunacy.’ Grant records tell a different story

OUTMIGRATION COST CALIFORNIA $24B IN DEPARTED INCOMES AS POORER PEOPLE MOVE IN

R84 Newsom’s move came as a flood of companies have left California to conduct operations in other states, particularly Texas. Elon Musk moved three of his multibillion-dollar companies, including Tesla, X, and Space X, out of the state, while other corporations, including Oracle, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and Realtor.com, are among others that left California in recent months. A 2021 report by the California Policy Center found that 304 companies have left the Golden State since January 2019.

An analysis by the Santa Clara Business Law Chronicle concluded that the state’s tax laws and stringent regulations were one reason why some corporations chose to relocate to more business-friendly states such as Texas.

His 2nd spouse was pregnant w/ #4 in 2017 when she finally told Gavin Newsom she fucked Harvey Weinstein for transactional favors.

Gavin did not like that and started cheating w/ his DCOS, Lindsey Cobia…mother of his 5th child.

Gavin & 1st Partner are only for optics these days….

[quote] The Bernie Bros fucked the Dem Party by giving woman haters a reason to consider themselves “leftists”.

Idiot.

Democrats always thought the gender gap would go one way. So they just started shitting on men, nonstop, and this is what they got. It seems like they are doubling down. Men have zero reasons to vote for democrats. They hate men and it shows.

Jeebus. Just cut to the chance and put a tank helmet on him.

[quote] The Bernie Bros fucked the Dem Party by giving woman haters a reason to consider themselves “leftists”.

Huh?

[quote] The Bernie Bros fucked the Dem Party by giving woman haters a reason to consider themselves “leftists”.

This statement makes no sense. What are you trying to say?

Gavin Newsom at the Vogue event at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

Apparently he was riding solo and getting close to models…

Gavin Newsom, getting cozy w/ models at Chateau Marmont.

Dude cheating out in the open now…because he can.

He just had Dr. Phil on. lol. A real Mesa crowd.

R102, that site is fake. Even its owner admitted it.

Gavin Newsom cheating on his political spouse is a pretty believable scoop.

Newsom is positioning himself as the front runner to head the democratic ticket for 2028. Looks to me like he may run away with it at least early. Nothing beats having a great challenge and then being seen as a strong man standing up to a tyrant,

If I read it correctly Trump is sending in the Marines. 700 of them. I went thru this before. Detroit 1967 as a civilian. It can get a lot worse.

Good Luck to all

Great optics to post an interview with Dr. Phil 🤮 while he is accompanying ICE raids in CA

Gavin will be the new Jeb Bush in 2028. He couldn’t even be nominated to dog catcher.