Biden, Newsom team up seeking COVID-19 momentum: The Note

California Gov. Gavin Newsom went from offering a cautionary tale to charting the kind of course that Democrats may want to follow.

The TAKE with Rick Klein California Gov. Gavin Newsom went from offering a cautionary tale to charting the kind of course that Democrats may want to follow. President Joe Biden is helping him get there -- and also hoping that Newsom helps him out along the way. The president will campaign alongside Newsom Monday in Long Beach, the day before voting ends in a recall effort that was emboldened by backlash to COVID-19 restrictions, but that might be decided by backlash to that backlash. Just like recall proponents have used anger over mandates and shutdowns as an argument to replace the governor, Democrats are using COVID-19 as a case in point for why Newsom should stay.