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LOS ANGELES (AP) California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it s a political gamble.
The Democratic governor Tuesday named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. When Padilla goes to Washington, the former state legislator will become California s first Latino senator since the state s founding 170 years ago.
In picking a personal friend and fellow Democrat, Newsom had his eye on history and pragmatism he turned to someone he could trust with a year of uncertainty looming, including a possible recall election targeting the governor while the pandemic rages unabated.
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LOS ANGELES California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a political gamble.
The Democratic governor Tuesday named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. When Padilla goes to Washington, the former state legislator will become California’s first Latino senator since the state’s founding 170 years ago.
In picking a personal friend and fellow Democrat, Newsom had his eye on history and pragmatism he turned to someone he could trust with a year of uncertainty looming, including a possible recall election targeting the governor while the pandemic rages unabated.
XE Market Analysis: North America - Dec 23, 2020
The euro has been heavy, edging out a five-day low against the pound, and a two-day low versus the yen while nearing yesterday s low in the case against the dollar. The common currency has been a popular long against the dollar in recent weeks, and prevailing weakness may be reflecting some late hedging of positions ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Other dollar pairings and cross rates have for the most part remained within their respective Tuesday ranges. Asian stock markets gained, as have U.S. equity index futures. Taking a small step back, global equity markets and commodities are trading off recent trend highs in consolidating patterns, which attests to the reflation trade having come off the boil. Market narratives have been highlighting a delay in the U.S. Covid relief package alongside ballooning positive Covid tests across more northerly countries, ranging from North America to Europe, and to Japan and Sout
Identity politics is a rough business, America.
Think about how much time the practice of identity politics must take Democrats. First, they must keep a watchful eye on the evil Republicans for the least of transgressions even though Democrats make up most of them. On top of that, they have to make sure they keep
their own PC ducks in a row, even as they continually add more ducks to the row, as they go.
A tough job indeed.
Toss in the left-wing hysteria over the whole Black Lives Matter thing, and it’s gotta be damn near impossible. Such is the sticky wicket in which the already-embattled dictator of the People’s Republic of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom, now finds