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truth in the barrel.com. It's just they don't care, not in a negative way, but also branding.

They're going to see a charismatic, slick, well-dressed, you know, healthy-looking Gavin Newsom,

and it's all branding.

If they turned Kamala Harris into the, you know, 50-50 candidate, Gavin Newsom has been around

longer for good and for bad, but yeah,

no, it's branding, it's conditioning, and people will vote for blue to matter who.

It's the old expression.

This is from the Hill.

Newsom is becoming an obsession for Democrats beyond California.

Democrats have become obsessed with Gavin Newsom as the California governor becomes the topic for operatives, donors, and lawmakers.

With the 28 presidential election is still more than three years away,

Newsom is making the kind of name for himself that could lead to frontrunner status, political operatives, say.

Democrat strategist Jamal Simmons said Newsom's name is coming up more than anyone else's in recent weeks, particularly with people outside the political sphere.

They asked me two questions.

Do you think he can win and do you think he can be the guy?

Simmons said.

No one ever asked me a single policy question about him.

So it's very vibes-based.

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