Running in Politics – Away from Your Record – Really FAST

Summary. When you’re looking to raise yourself from governor to Presidential candidate, do anything you can to get noticed. Also be really good at hiding; learn from your elders.
Strut your finger-hung coat and steal Joe’s thunder around the White House while he’s away
Project a wall on the border of your state even if it is frowned on (but then overlooked)
Hotfoot to red states and act the pot calling the kettle black (oops free speech writeup again!)
Duck out fast from budget conversation re $97.5BIL surplus to $68BIL deficit in one year!*
Duck out faster on any conversation mentioning your promise to eliminate Homeless!!
Jig and jive to refute any mention of state’s net over half MIL population loss even though 420,000 are born in the state every year (that’s –$10Billion in state GDP… “poof”!)
Tap dance out that door if anyone mentions school performance metrics (you’re last in most).
And quick-like a smash and grab if anyone brings up CRIME (especially Smash and Grab)
* According to a news article from Yahoo News, California is facing a projected deficit of $68 billion 1. Another article from CalMatters states that in 2022, Governor Newsom boasted of a $97.5 billion budget surplus, but a year later, it morphed into a $31-plus billion deficit 2.