Commentary
Do you think COVID-19 is bad? Far worse is Oval Office Fever. And Gov. Gavin Newsom has a bad case of it.
That explains his national Campaign for Democracy tour—even as the state he governs continues to deteriorate. It’s paid for by a new Political Action Committee (PAC) using funds he didn’t spend on his easy reelection last year. He’s visiting red states to help his fellow Democrats in elections against Republicans.
It’s a tactic used by Richard Nixon during the runup to his 1968 presidential victory. His speechwriter at the time, Pat Buchanan, detailed that in his 2015 memoir, “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority.” Nixon had lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy, then the 1962 campaign for California governor to incumbent Pat Brown….