PREVIEW: CALIFORNIA Colleague Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution analyzes the Gavin Newsom vs Elon Musk conflict and examines Governor Newsom's campaigning abilities. More later.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:28.4 | listening. Terms apply. This is John Batchel, a conversation with my colleague Bill Whalen |
| 0:34.4 | of the Hoover Institution about the 40th governor of California, |
| 0:38.7 | Gavin Newsom, who is entertaining the presidency, a run for the presidency in 28, |
| 0:45.8 | and his contest with Elon Musk, the man now associated with the Trump administration |
| 0:51.4 | and reforms in the federal government, also associated with |
| 0:55.8 | Tesla and SpaceX and other companies. He's founded in Pennsylvania and in California and moved on. |
| 1:03.9 | The question here is Gavin Newsom, is he ready to do what is necessary to win the whole country |
| 1:09.6 | and not just be a favorite of Californians. |
| 1:12.6 | Bill outlines that he is and that he's good at it and that he works at it. |
| 1:17.8 | Gavin Newsom for President Elon Musk for Mars matching together their personalities. |
| 1:24.1 | They're roughly in their 50s. |
| 1:25.9 | They're a good match. |
| 1:27.2 | Here's Bill Whalen. More of this |
| 1:29.2 | tonight. He's very good on TV. He was very good in that debate, I think, against DeSantis, |
| 1:34.6 | even though intellectually I think he lost that debate, but he is very good on that form in terms |
| 1:38.6 | of throwing a lot of stats at you and just not being cowardly. And that's part of his attraction right now. I think the Democrats right now and that he is the anti-Combollah Harris in that regard. |
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