Note: This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Wednesday, July 27th. Audio included below.

Even though we’re still three months out from the midterms, speculation about the 2024 presidential race has already begun in earnest. Setting aside the “Will he or won’t he?” swirling around President Trump’s intentions, there’s plenty of talk about what things will look like for the Democrats – rather unusual as the current president is only a year-and-a-half into his first term. But with his age taking a visible toll on him and his approval ratings in the cellar, the odds of Joe Biden completing that first term, let alone running for a second are diminishing by the day.

And with Kamala Harris a frankly awful candidate and showing little aptitude for her current role, the question is: Who will step up for the Dems?

I think we have a fairly good idea based on whose mug has been all over the news of late: That’s right — Gavin Newsom (everyone’s favorite generously hair-gelled, almost-recalled governor of a collapsing state) is trekking to DC to measure the White House drapes and picking slap fights with successful red state governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott.

My conservative California friends are trying to sound the alarm, but clearly, the groundwork is being laid, folks, so brace yourself…for The Gavining.