John GruberNewsom 2028.
Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D.@gruber please keep him for yourselves, thanks
Paul McGrane
Drew Mochak
Dustin Westphal
@gruber there's no getting around it
Neal Pozner@gruber no thank you.
Mark Fletcher@gruber Comparing reactions from Mastodon and Bluesky?
Eshu Marneedi@gruber Nah, weāve probably got better. I mean, Iāll vote for him. But he wouldnāt be my first choice.
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Katherine š½ š³ļøāā§ļø@gruber hell no. He sees trans people as a sacrifice
Total Sonic Media@gruber ugh, can we please do better than someone who throws trans people under the bus, and platforns fascists as his first guests on his own podcast? And don't get me started on some terrible legislation he signed in for CA, like AB5.
Hayden Seay 
@gruber Jesus no. Talk about the exact same problem the dems have had for a decade now.
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š„«@gruber The Great Khan of the Midwest will not forget this slight
Jeff@gruber Maybe I just see more of him because I live in IL, but Pritzker has my vote.. Nobody would vote for a larger guy from the midwest, though.
Pritzker defends viral video telling Trump to 'f--- all the way off' (FULL Q+A)
@gruber Heās definitely also got the money to make a long run at the nomination. Funny how both CA and IL are so linked together right now. I remember reading that in the Civil War movie, it was CA and IL that were aligned but they changed it to sound more timeless or not so about what was probable. Life is weird..
@JPZ Why wouldnāt people vote for a large guy from the Midwest? I think those āpeople wonāt vote for a person who is ____ā are all nonsense. Obama put that to rest IMO.
People will vote for a candidate who is confident, loose, funny, inspiring, and comes across as trying to win votes. What they donāt like is a stiff who is trying not to lose votes ā which is how most candidates run.
@gruber I sure hope you're right, and I think both Newsom and Pritzker could be those people. I just think that if they're going to go up against each other in a debate, not only would I love to see it, but will still be backing whomever wins the nom.
I still think JB is more ārealā, even though he's got more money than I can imagine. More of a āman of the people" than Newsom. My 2 cents..
Mutesplash@gruber IDK how you get there from these results: Loser ticket
Yves Saint Low Rent
MarkV@gruber Interesting to read the reactions here. Looks like Democrats are setting themselves up for yet another round of āthe candidate isnāt perfect enoughā. Sigh.
@markv Just ignore those people. That's how Democrats win.
@gruber It's hard to ignore when you hear the same tune like clockwork every four years.
Hillary didn't support gay marriage fast enough.
Biden was too old.
Harris didn't support Gaza enough.
Newsom is anti trans.
Whoever the candidate and whatever the issue: it gets amplified beyond proportion, people disengage, voters stay home. Even when there is no better candidate, and when the opposition is way worse on all counts.
It's just so depressing to see it happening again, even from afar.
Erik Linder@gruber gross
This is Hell