Political stunts looking for attention to Newsom

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During her first rule, half a century ago, Jerry Brown gained a reputation to make sudden changes to the position, sometimes contrary to himself.

The oldest example came in 1978 when a proposal 13, a A remarkable tax limit measureIt was on the newsletter. Brown denied the measure as a “Ripoff” before the election, but shortly after his prevailing approval, he declared himself a “shortening tax that refused” and sponsored a reduction in state income tax.

The trends similar to Brown’s chameleon have caused a lot of criticism, of course. But he rationalizes them by quoting what he called a “Canoe theory” of politicsS

“The way you have to get closer to the political process is something like a canoe pilot,” Brown said once. “If you stand on one side you will fall. If you stand up on the other side, we will fall. But if you paddle a little on the left, then row a little on the right side, continue to walk right in the middle.”

Despite its justification, Brown’s frequent repositioning is suspicious that she is less interested in running California than planning a presidential campaign. In fact, he runs for president twice during his eight -year government, establishing his second offer in 1980 to reduce taxes and balance the federal budget.

In the end, Brown’s apparent lack of interest in his daily work and his diffuse souls to position the reverse side. His candidate for the US Senate in 1982 failed miserable. When he returned to the manager in 2011, learning his lesson, he was a model of consistency and engaged management.

This part of political history is relevant to what Gavin Newsom It is done when his manager winds up and he is increasingly hoping to succeed there have been intertwined for decades – Failed.

Ever since he won a second term in 2022, Newsom apparently apparently builds a national image for himself with political maneuvers for a title and cultivated attention from national political media-all the time insisted that there was an “underground interest” to seek the White House.

After Donald Trump Missed Kamala Harris last fall, Newsom transferred the construction of images to a higher gear, positioning as resistance guide To the many changes to Trump’s policy, such as more uninitiated, supporting some Trump positions, most of all Opportunction of the permission of transsexual women to compete In the sports of the girls.

The increasing circles of the Trump Administration in Southern California, including Using troops of the National Guard And the Marines, finally partially, partially, when depicting California as a fraudulent state, giving a new platform on the Newsom to request the title of a chief resident.

Last week he generated even more media attention from Judgment of Fox News for slanderClaiming that FOX News presenter Jesse Waters is editing a key information from a Trump clip, who talks about a Newsom call for immigration repression, after which he uses the edited video to claim that Newsom lied to talking.

Recent events have strengthened the assumptions Newsom runs for president. A few weeks ago in Interview with The Wall Street JournalHe said, “I don’t think to run, but this is the path I could see how it unfolds.”

Political odds accepted it as a quasi declaration of application and early voting put Newsom in Upper level of potential candidates for Democrats 2028Although with barely double -digit maintenance.

With the reduction in Newsom’s time of the service, we will probably see a stable escalation of statements and actions that attract national attention to himself, just as Jerry Brown did during his first rule.

However, as Brown learns the hard way, if Newsom’s cascades become too screaming, it risks becoming a laugh that will not be taken seriously.

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