Washington Free Beacon: https://archive.ph/M4Xtl
Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) told House colleagues that he plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination, two sources told Politico. A third source who spoke to Phillips told Politico he seemed less resolved, replying, "We’ll see" when asked whether he'll run.
Of course, the first question that comes to mind is "Who?"
In short, he's a very generic "moderate" democrat who, as far as his voting record indicates, goes along with the party position nearly all the time.
One other thing he has going for him is some inherited wealth. He's not Mike Bloomberg rich, but he has one of the highest net worth values in congress. The inheritance comes from a previously big distillery business
In my opinion, he might make for a decent Biden copy, without the family/corruption controversy.
What may be interesting to watch for is if the floodgates open with more democrats wanting to fill in as the puppet figurehead of the country.
It's 100% Newsom decided by the Pelosi wing of Democrats. He's traveling to both Israel and China.
So much for "without the family/corruption controversy".
what the fuck is a governor doing leaving the country
Because he's running for president and needs the blessings of China and Israel.
https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-newsom-israel-visit-china-7219a49e4a065a55f0c206e0a403807f
Yeah I've seen people suggesting Newsom if Biden proves too incompetent or too dead by the election.
A couple of the bloggers I read have been showing detailed pics of current-day "Biden" versus 2019 Biden versus Obama-era Biden and have posited that either Biden has had a massive stroke and is a vegetable (or dead), or that he's so demented now that his double has to be the default option. And as far as the double goes, Israel trip Biden only kinda-sorta looked like 2020 Biden. It's like the handlers have set a bottle of Dr. Thunder on the table and said with a smirk "watcha talkin' 'bout, that's Dr. Peppa!"
Links?
Not doubting, just interested.
Here is a blog link, and here is Vice trying to fact check it.
TL;DR of both: either body doubles or a lot of very bad plastic surgery done in 2019-2020, with no evidence of scarring.
yeah I wanna see those too
Just the difference between 90s biden and today is stark. But having 3 years progression side by side would be useful.
I always thought Newsom might be the heir apparent because superficially he has good looks. He looks like a rich villain from an 80s movie that's dumping toxic waste in vacant lots.
More importantly he's Pelosi's nephew.
Dear God you're right. That's exactly how he looks.
California governors don't sell well nationally lately. I think his looks help him be governor of California. I don't think they will help him enough nationally for him to make a serious run. I believe he would do it to up his profile, though. A lot of people gain more by losing a run for president than whatever they'd otherwise be doing.