Column: Reagan and Robert F. Kennedy did it. Will Newsom and DeSantis?
LA TimesWith their political ambitions circumscribed, then-California Gov. Newsom made a trolling campaign-style swing through Florida, stopping by a college campus DeSantis targeted in his “war on woke.” DeSantis dumped a dozen Latin American asylum seekers on Sacramento and filmed a pop-up campaign spot in San Francisco — the city Newsom led as mayor — attacking “leftist policies” that have supposedly turned the city into an urban hellscape. As Newsweek stated, “To those unfamiliar with Reagan’s big-league savvy, the ease with which he fielded questions about Vietnam may have come as a …revelation.” Kennedy, for his part, meandered through much of the 50-minute exchange, appearing sullen and at times a bit bored. Politics Who’s in tonight’s Republican debate and how to watch Eight GOP hopefuls — but not Donald Trump — will meet Wednesday night for the first debate of the campaign season. But it’s not likely to change the course of the 2024 campaign, much less any contest in 2028 or beyond, nor would it usher either Newsom or DeSantis into the White House.
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