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    DeSantis-Newsom 'debate' offers window into the future of warring visions of America

    There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.
    by Domenico Montanaro Dec 01, 2023 4 minutes
    People gather in San Francisco to watch a debate on Fox News between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

    Lincoln-Douglas this was not — though either man would likely eagerly embrace even being mentioned in the same sentence.

    There was a political debate Thursday night in Georgia, but not between two presidential candidates. Instead, it was between one governor and presidential candidate and another governor, who some think might be one.

    On the one side, there was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is of course running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

    It sure looked like a presidential debate. There were two politicians at lecterns, a moderator, even a whole set made to look like one.

    But this was a product of TV, specifically of Fox News and host Sean Hannity. Newsom gained attention some months ago for a

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