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Government

Feb. 10, 2021

Liberals and moderates clash as Newsom prepares to pick next AG

“If I was going to launch a trial balloon, that’s exactly how I would have done it,” said former GOP political consultant Dan Schnur. “A story like that doesn’t appear in a vacuum. Someone made a very clear effort to start that speculation and to drive it into news coverage.”

Has someone on Gov. Gavin Newsom's staff been leaking Rep. Adam Schiff's name as a possible attorney general pick? Now that Schiff is facing a backlash from the left, is Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, a leading contender to replace Xavier Becerra, who still holds the job?

Former GOP political consultant Dan Schnur argued in the Jewish Journal on Monday that a recent Politico piece on prospects for Schiff, D-Hollywood, getting the ...

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