GAVIN NEWSOM BEATS BACK RECALL: CALIFORNIA IS TOO BLUE TO GO RED.

ICHEOKU says no serious pundit or follower of California politics especially of the recent decade, which saw the Democratic Party take over every state office in California, added to the activism on overdrive of the homosexual community, Black Lives Matter, MoveOn.Org, ANTIFA and the far left liberal wing of the party with headquarters in California and New York, had expected any different outcome in the recall election. Also a lot of time has passed since the said transgressions of the governor which triggered the recall. So, with the state already fully opened and the coronavirus pandemic no longer as devastating as it once was during last year's peak, many people have moved on with their lives and are no longer interested about recalling the governor. 

Governor Gavin Newsom is still very much liked in the far left liberal wing of the Democratic Party which make up a large number of California democrats. His photogenic image is also in tune with the Hollywood and California projection of the ideal personality for a leadership position, and overall he still commands large favorability rating among the homosexual community which has a lot of membership in California. They never forgets and will forever owe him for going to the mats for them by ordaining same sex marriage when he was the Mayor of San Francisco. And of course, all the major social media platforms Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsUp, InstantGram etc are all based in California and the governor still enjoys their unalloyed support. 

So, all the factors were favorably on his side to survive the recall election, especially because none of the alternatives, the replacement candidates has the it factor or required star power to radiate through to Californians to convince them to change their minds. Larry Elder and his co-traveling governors wanna-be look too grand-daddyish for California, which does not necessarily favor such image in their state governorship mansion. Also the fact that Californians dislike President Donald John Trump just like a bull detests a red cloth, made it extremely difficult for anyone identified or closely associated to Trump to succeed in such a Californian recall election; which the democrats successfully nationalized and branded Larry Elder as a Trump's clone and the rest, as they say, is now history.

Getting 65% of NO votes on the recall is high, admitted, for a very deep blue state like California, it is still not that high margin. It send a strong message that many Californians, at lest 35%, are dissatisfied with so many things about the way the state is being ran. Governor Gavin Newsom must therefore adjust his governance accordingly and begin to address the issues which forced the recall election as it was not just because he went for a dinner in Napa or had acute coronavirus lockdown. Homelessness is a big problem in California and he must try and find solution to problem which has now become a metastasized cancer eating into quality of life throughout California. Yes, homeless people have rights, but their rights stopped where the rights of the homed and housed began, because people must be allowed to enjoy their homes and dwellings free of inhibition and being incommoded by blithe. 

The economy must also continue to grow and he should explore ways of making the state conducive for businesses to innovate and continue to create livable-wage jobs in California. The Californian workforce must not become monolithic skill based as not every Californian is a techie or a geek; and those jobs which are hands-on jobs should be retained in California for balance. He should talk with businesses to find ways he can make their operating experience in California favorable enough for them not to be forced to uproot their factories and relocate to China or Texas. If he needs to replace his communication staff, then let him do so to ensure that his messaging comes across better and to reach more Californians, especially those who feel that he is not talking to them whenever he speaks on issues.

But the biggest mistake he will make is to take the outcome of this recall election as a certificate of approval to go buck wild on the same trajectory which he is currently on; or think that everything he is currently doing meets the expectations and satisfaction of Californians, hence there is no need to have a rethink and/or do some adjustments. If he does that, either the Democratic Party might not be as comfortable to field him as their candidate in 2023 or he might have some serious internal challengers to the party's ticket during the 2023 primaries. He should, going forward, let those Californians that championed the recall and voted to recall him know that he got their message and that their grievances have been noted and that he will work tirelessly to once again become a governor for all Californians, irrespective of party affiliations. 

Anyway, the result was as expected and thankfully the status-quo remains; and no time will be wasted trying to put in place a new administration with its attendant headaches. ICHEOKU says congratulations to Governor Gavin Newsom for starving off the hounds that came for his governorship seat and now he will live to fight another day, come 2023. It was the outcome which most Californians expected and they are glad that they were not disappointed. Larry Elder has a black exterior but a white interior, and really has no solid base in California's diverse voting blocks. He ran just for the heck of it, the bragging right; and not because he stood any chance or had plans to fix anything. It is good that Californians outrightly rejected his gimmickry. Now that the distraction of the recall has been put to rest, may California begin its full and complete recovery from the coronavirus disruption. Carry on Governor Gavin Newsom; God's speed.