Newsom is one of the most punchable people to have ever eyed the leap onto the national stage. People have a Pavlovian impulse to make him miserable. Maybe the general public won't, but you want to bet the election on it?
Whitmer and Pritzker have a bunch of baggage that people on this site who are hyping them absolutely loathe. Whitmer in particular is unusually primed to be the next, "I'd support a woman, but not her" candidate, and Pritzker is a friggin' billionaire
I do not understand the weird obsession with Newsom. Dude seems like a massive prick and the platonic ideal of the kind of Dem people of all stripes complain about
This is pretty much canon. The platonic ideal of newsom for ca dems seems to be someone who does ribbon cuttings, signs anything and everything the leg sends him, and beats the absolute brakes off republican special election rat fuckings. If he deviates at all it gets embarrassing fast
