Gov. Gavin Newsom is feeling pretty good after polls show the recall attempt will go down by double digits.
The California governor spent weeks warning of the mortal danger posed by the GOP-driven recall election. He whipped Democrats into a tizzy over turnout worries. He called in Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and even Barack Obama to help.
He has reason to feel that way: Poll after poll in recent days say he’s going to win. The recall to defeat him will go down by double digits. His message to Democrats — don’t even bother picking a candidate to replace him — seems to have sunk in. Now 53 and a decade removed from being San Francisco mayor, Newsom is a Democratic governor who won in a landslide in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican executive since 2006.
Even some recall proponents now concede that the governor is likely to win. Anne Dunsmore, campaign manager for recall committee Rescue California, said Wednesday that even if Newsom survives, the campaign has wounded him and exposed his vulnerabilities. Early this summer, Newsom focused on California’s eye-popping $80 billion-plus budget windfall and reopening the state, emphasizing that California was "roaring back." He stopped talking about the pandemic and turned his attention toward people returning to everyday activities.Newsom was the first governor in the nation to require that all students wear masks in schools, including those who are vaccinated.
But he says he can only guarantee that if people wear masks indoors and mandate vaccines in certain cases — policies that his Republican challengers oppose.
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