Newsom's podcast criticized by Democratic members of Congress

Gavin Newsom, Tim Walz, and the Democrats’ Future

Gavin Newsom’s new podcast might have been the last place I would have looked for wisdom about the future of the Democratic Party. I’ve always thought of the California governor as the prince of smarm. His go-to gesture seems to always be the hearty two-handed handshake, which even his podcast’s title and intro sequence—the booming “This is Gavin Newsom,” followed by the diminuendo subheading, “And this is [insert name of guest]”—evokes. Most co…

Newsom's podcast criticized by Democratic members of Congress

When Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., released his first episode of the “This is Gavin Newsom Podcast” last month, backlash was swift.

This is how we'll know if California Gov. Gavin Newsom's epiphany on 'liberal governance' is real

California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to have received a political wake-up call. In a recent interview with Bill Maher, he admitted that many of California’s woes reflect "an indictment of liberal governance and leadership." His candor is striking, especially coming after a seismic shift in the Golden State: the resounding passage of Proposition 36.As a principal architect and senior leader of the Prop 36 campaign, I helped craft this citizens’ bal…