Nah... he will moderate on the fly to win over the middle. And just the contrast between Newsom and Biden/Trump would be enough to make a huge difference. There are so many people who don't care that much about politics and will just default to someone who is relatively young and can speak well. People have been craving that simple thing for the last 8 years of political stupidity with two old men as president... one a lunatic and the other with dementia. Newsom is a charmer like JFK and Clinton. Politics don't matter. People just want that in a leader.