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Newsom won't let the crisis go to waste
MikeDamone
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in Tug Tavern
Start at around the 51:45 mark
“There is opportunity for reimagining a progressive era as it pertains to capitalism,” Gov. Newsom said. “So yes, absolutely we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkQnbEdEJj
“There is opportunity for reimagining a progressive era as it pertains to capitalism,” Gov. Newsom said. “So yes, absolutely we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkQnbEdEJj
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Of course
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We don't deserve him.
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https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/if-gavin-newsom-cancels-football-season-will-it-give-trump-a-clear-shot-at-reelection/Here is how this may very well all go down. By mid-May, the coronavirus numbers across the nation will be much lower than they are today. Most of the nation, weary from this excruciating lockdown, will gradually try to get back on its feet. However, California, despite being better shape per capita than almost any other large state, appears have changed the goal from “flatten the curve” so the hospital system can handle the anticipated patient load, to “we must save all lives, at all cost,” and will therefore be VERY slow to follow.
The reasons for this are almost entirely political. California has only one-party rule now and Newsom’s approval ratings have skyrocketed because of the widely held—and I believe grossly inaccurate—perception that he saved the state by shutting down “early” (even though numerous studies have now indicated that California actually had this virus at the start of the year and that, in reality, Newsom arguably locked things down “late”).
This means that Newsom will have almost no pressure to reopen our most populous and wealthiest state, especially since the local news media here is even more incompetent and married to the “we are all going to die!” narrative than the one-sided national media is. Since he is now personally invested in the idea that his shutdown was a huge success, and because he is being broadly applauded for it, he has no motivation to allow his citizens to regain their basic freedoms, especially when if he does so quickly, and nothing horrible happens, it actually makes his shutdown suddenly look much less brilliant, and potentially very counter-productive.So, on one side would be the NFL, Disney, and Trump (which is hilarious given the president’s extremely long vendetta against the NFL), with Newsom on the other. Normally, you would think that a governor would be easily forced to cave under pressure from such a powerful alliance, however there is a decent chance that Newsom will “prevail” here, mostly because the NFL and Disney might be intimidated by a fight which could be portrayed as putting them on the “wrong” side of public health.
Ironically, should it all turn out this way, the big political winner might be Trump. After all, he would be able to use Newsom as the poster boy for Democrats obstructing his efforts to save the country, and having a prominent member of his opposition party single-handedly stopping both the NFL and college football seasons would be manna from heaven for his reelection campaign.
But don’t worry Democrats, football isn’t that big of a deal in the very key states of Pennsylvania (Steelers, Eagles, Nittany Lions, Panthers, Army/Navy), Michigan (Lions, Wolverines, Spartans), and Wisconsin (Packers, Badgers). So I am sure this won’t hurt Joe Biden with the very voters for which he was nominated to win back.
Some pretty good analysis, read the full thing. -
Any attempt to get back to normal is met with “you want profits over people”GrundleStiltzkin said:Here is how this may very well all go down. By mid-May, the coronavirus numbers across the nation will be much lower than they are today. Most of the nation, weary from this excruciating lockdown, will gradually try to get back on its feet. However, California, despite being better shape per capita than almost any other large state, appears have changed the goal from “flatten the curve” so the hospital system can handle the anticipated patient load, to “we must save all lives, at all cost,” and will therefore be VERY slow to follow.
The reasons for this are almost entirely political. California has only one-party rule now and Newsom’s approval ratings have skyrocketed because of the widely held—and I believe grossly inaccurate—perception that he saved the state by shutting down “early” (even though numerous studies have now indicated that California actually had this virus at the start of the year and that, in reality, Newsom arguably locked things down “late”).
This means that Newsom will have almost no pressure to reopen our most populous and wealthiest state, especially since the local news media here is even more incompetent and married to the “we are all going to die!” narrative than the one-sided national media is. Since he is now personally invested in the idea that his shutdown was a huge success, and because he is being broadly applauded for it, he has no motivation to allow his citizens to regain their basic freedoms, especially when if he does so quickly, and nothing horrible happens, it actually makes his shutdown suddenly look much less brilliant, and potentially very counter-productive.So, on one side would be the NFL, Disney, and Trump (which is hilarious given the president’s extremely long vendetta against the NFL), with Newsom on the other. Normally, you would think that a governor would be easily forced to cave under pressure from such a powerful alliance, however there is a decent chance that Newsom will “prevail” here, mostly because the NFL and Disney might be intimidated by a fight which could be portrayed as putting them on the “wrong” side of public health.
Ironically, should it all turn out this way, the big political winner might be Trump. After all, he would be able to use Newsom as the poster boy for Democrats obstructing his efforts to save the country, and having a prominent member of his opposition party single-handedly stopping both the NFL and college football seasons would be manna from heaven for his reelection campaign.
But don’t worry Democrats, football isn’t that big of a deal in the very key states of Pennsylvania (Steelers, Eagles, Nittany Lions, Panthers, Army/Navy), Michigan (Lions, Wolverines, Spartans), and Wisconsin (Packers, Badgers). So I am sure this won’t hurt Joe Biden with the very voters for which he was nominated to win back.
Some pretty good analysis, read the full thing.
I knew this thing would take a life if its own and we would definitely see a pivot from the original goals. Especially after the first, second and third predictions proved wrong. Now we are all about preventing a “second wave”. There is no more preventing this than there is colds of flu. The sooner we accept that fact the better. The attitude that seems prevalent is that you will die if you catch it. Look at the Facebook comments around posts showing people wanting to open back up. We are a nation of morons -
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The idea that California locked down is laughable
On time that is. We'd already be dead if it was as bad as advertised
