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A politician who's only really known in one state and another octogenarian? No thank you.
Are you kidding me? Fox news screeches about Newsom all the time.
Most politicians start off known in one state...
With a two year lead for campaigning and news coverage to become a household name. I actually like Newsom and California is as good as a test for executive leadership as anything else a politician can do but this timing is not good for him to actually win.
It's disingenuous to say Newsom is only known in one state. He's the governor of a highly populous state who has already explored a presidential run. That's essentially equivalent to saying that Abbott or DeSantis aren't nationally relevant. Disliking the idea of that being the ticket that the Democrats trot out is one thing, I'm certainly not on board with it either. Dismissing it on a false premise is something else altogether, and it's not a helpful narrative.
I respect that perspective but Desantis did fail miserably. As far as a larger opinion, refer to my response to morph in this thread. Yes, California is a different league of gubernatorial duties. He has the juice but my gut says he doesn't have the household name recognition and can't build that in three months.