We don't need to galvanize the Democratic base for the next election! A Democrat will be elected in 2022 no matter what happens with this election!
I think not putting a legit candidate on the ballot was an attempt to ensure that everyone would vote to retain Newsom, gambling that if there was a decent candidate everyone would vote for them, but not if it was a clown car full of Trumpets and Angelyne. Failure mode: CA gets thrown to either a Trumpist or a clown. That strategy just makes me dislike Newsom and the CA Democratic party leadership even more.
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I think not putting a legit candidate on the ballot was an attempt to ensure that everyone would vote to retain Newsom, gambling that if there was a decent candidate everyone would vote for them, but not if it was a clown car full of Trumpets and Angelyne. Failure mode: CA gets thrown to either a Trumpist or a clown. That strategy just makes me dislike Newsom and the CA Democratic party leadership even more.