The Great Hope of the Democratic Party Just Released a New Memoir. We're Doomed.

"If you're reading a Gavin Newsom memoir for pleasure, you should be first in line for an emergency MRI. His second book, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, is out this week and simply cannot be read for enjoyment. It's like Hillbilly Elegy but for middle-class alcoholics in the Bay Area with close ties to petroleum magnates."

"The only way to read it, then, is as a shot across the bow for the Democratic primary. 2028 will be a big year for California: Los Angeles is hosting the Summer Olympics, and the state's governor will perhaps make a play for shifting the federal government from demonstrably fascist to sleepily centrist."

"But as the Democratic Party continues to do absolutely nothing revolutionary to win any voters back, Newsom has emerged as one of the more likely candidates for the next election. Whether any of us want him or not, he's currently the most prominent candidate openly vying for the Democratic nomination."

Gavin Newsom's second memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, is presented as an unenjoyable read that functions primarily as a political tool rather than genuine autobiography. The book chronicles Newsom's life as a middle-class Bay Area resident with connections to petroleum wealth and includes details about an affair during his time in office. Rather than entertainment value, the memoir serves as a strategic positioning for a potential 2028 Democratic presidential campaign, coinciding with Los Angeles hosting the Summer Olympics. Newsom emerges as a leading Democratic candidate despite limited public enthusiasm, as the party struggles to develop compelling alternatives to current political figures.

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