‘Waiting in the wings’: as Biden stumbles, Gavin

Ever since Biden’s poor performance at debate, the California governor who’s spent years seeking a national stage finds himself at the centre of one

To paraphrase Jan Brady of the Brady Bunch, lately it’s been “Newsom, Newsom, Newsom” all day long.

He’s been at the Vatican for a climate summit, and in Alpharetta, Georgia, for a televised debate with Florida governor Ron DeSantis. He’s all over the TV, actually – on Fox News and MSNBC, and in advertisements airing in Tennessee.