To the editor: Columnist Mark Z. Barabak is true: If Democrats are ever going to beat MAGA, they have to not get “too caught up within the second” with a front-runner once more (“Newsom stood tall in opposition to Trump. Does that make him presidential timber?” June 22). Hillary Clinton misplaced in 2016 to Donald Trump, who got here out of nowhere to crush GOP rivals in debates. Democrats ought to comply with that instance and select a 2028 Democratic candidate who can whip his or her rivals in quite a few debates. As Barabak suggests, that’s not more likely to be a Californian.
Maitland Alexander, Oxnard
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To the editor: I’ve been aghast at Newsom’s potential to attend wine events now and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He should not pay attention to the homeless dying on California’s streets. What occurred to the billions allotted to deal with them? The place did the $12-billion deficit come from? How will he cope with that?
Once I go to the fuel station, I grumble at his misuse of public tax funds. Once I go to the shop and pay a fortune for groceries, I grumble. Once I go to the physician, I grumble at California’s wasteful healthcare system. My healthcare prices are off the charts.
The Democrats are paying all of those larger prices. His choice to disregard the plain is astounding.
Joan Davidson, Palos Verdes Estates
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To the editor: I agree broadly with Barabak’s evaluation that Newsom has a whole lot of baggage in a possible POTUS run. Satirically, I consider one issue in opposition to Newsom is that he’s from one of the best state within the union, which engenders a substantial amount of animosity in about 40 different states. I believe the foundation trigger is jealousy.
Alternatively, I do know charisma is a vital consider political success. Trump has a great deal of charisma, proving that phrase doesn’t at all times imply “allure.” I don’t suppose Newsom lacks charisma, however he’ll undergo from his persona within the aforementioned 40 different states.
Pete Buttigieg has boatloads of constructive charisma, to not point out ethics and smarts, however he faces a glass ceiling in being married to a person. And we’re not more likely to see one other President Obama within the close to future.
Denys Arcuri, Indio
