Harris’s elevation and Newsom’s looming challenge are but parts of what can be best described as the Californication of the Democratic Party.
Much as Ronald Reagan defined the Republican ethos until the emergence of Donald Trump, figures like Newsom and Harris will shape the post-Biden Democratic Party.
Even as the media, academia and much of the Democratic Party apparat see the California system as the template for the national party, many Californians are less enthused.
The Golden State remains deeply blue — even as traditional Democratic strongholds, particularly in the South and much of the Midwest, have shifted increasingly to the GOP.
Recent polls suggest that even New York is wobbly in its affiliation with the state’s ruling party.
Buying the California model today is increasingly like buying a lemon, and not the tasty kind we grow in our front yards.
But given the chances of a GOP win this year, the Californians have another favorite in the wings, Governor Gavin Newsom, for 2028.
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