Former President Bill Clinton has already dropped hints about who he thinks the next president could be, according to Politico.

Clinton believes that California Gov. Gavin Newsom could win the White House.

The former president interviewed the governor at a fall meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.

A well-connected Dem told Politico that Clinton has told people how impressed he is by Newsom’s talent. Clinton said he thought that Newsom, referred to as Clinton’s “dedicated student,” had what it takes to be elected president, according to Politico.

The comments came in a Politico profile of Newsom which also said that Newsom would be “thrilled” at the comparison to Clinton, the man from Hope, Ark., who served two terms in the White House in the 1990s.

Newsom “makes no secret of his

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