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    'A brilliant move': How the Newsom-DeSantis debate offers major upsides for the governors

    by Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times Nov 30, 2023 5 minutes
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to members of the media in the spin room following the third Republican presidential primary debate, at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, on Nov. 8, 2023.

    Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis took parallel paths from opposite ends of America's political spectrum to the front lines of the high-stakes battle between progressives and conservatives over the future of the nation.

    But when they finally meet on stage Thursday in Georgia, the stakes are low for both politicians in a debate about their vastly different visions for the country.

    "For both of them there is a significant amount of upside opportunity here," said Lanhee Chen, a former Republican candidate for state controller and a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. "It's kind of a brilliant move on both Newsom and DeSantis' part."

    The long-awaited showdown on Fox News gives DeSantis, the governor of Florida, an opportunity to lift his fading presidential campaign. Once considered the heir apparent of Donald Trump, DeSantis' "anti-woke," right-wing campaign has

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