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I too like Gavin Newsom and, like all men, he's made mistakes. Kimberly Guilfoyle seems to be a "witchy woman" who is out for her own interests (becoming a First Lady? or more?). She might have realized that being Gavin's wife wouldn't get her what she wanted, but instead that linking herself with Don Jr. might. Whatever the case, I like Gavin's current wife -- they seem a better match.

I'd like to vouch for Kamala Harris. You call her an "empty suit", which I think is a premature judgment. She performed her role as an AG in California well. Now, her role as VP requires her not to steal the limelight from her boss, but to learn the ropes. She's done that well, imo. It appears the Democratic Party wants to take things carefully with Biden's return, so it remains to be seen how Kamala's role might change in a second term.

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I acknowledge the accuracy of assessment of Kamala as AG. However as AG she ran a staff, that did all of the work for her, all she had to do was sign. I am not a Californian, but did live there for 7 years 25 years ago. So not familiar with her public performance.

I just know that her public performance as VP has been very vanilla, totally lacking in motivation and charisma and on at least one occasion embarrassing.

Obama also was an empty suit or shall I say a blank slate, which Larry Summers and Rahm Emanuel used like a sock puppet.

'He is a good, honorable decent man, and from what I discern, a faithful loyal husband and a great father.

But he had no experience in governing, his background was a one term senator and community organizing, and it showed It was Biden who told him to instruct the DOJ not to defend the Defense of Marriage act. (Obergefell v Hodges) thus in my vernacular and empty suit., whose staff made all of the decisions, like excluding single payor advocates from the White House, and given Health Insurance executives and lobbyists, essentially open access to the Oval Office.

Totally AHIP's idea via Rahm Emanuel, thus instead of having a few words changing the medicare enabling legislation such as "eligible from birth" we have a 600 page bastard of a document, meat for lawyers, and an AHIP provision, negated (as it should have) by SCOTUS.

Not even Bernie could get Obama's ear, he couldn't get past Rahm, and Pelosi was all on board with AHIP (Association of Health Insurance providers) because the DCCC is dependent on AHIP donors.

Until Trump, the only real difference between the two parties has been on which side of the culture war they stood, and the Democratic stance was more talk than walk. Still is as I see it, because it had a narrow window to pass legislation that would legalize abortion, the same window they used for safeguarding gay marriage.

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