Could he be the next Governor of California?

[TakebackAmerica]

Gavin Newson, rogue mayor of San Fransisco.


Any thoughts on Newsom.


BTW, has Newsom earned your respect for standing up the the "Gropernator?"

[Dookus]

1. Yes, he certainly can

he's certainly propelled himself to frontrunner.

[Fight_n_back]

2. No way

Southern California is NOT liberal and neither is the valley. California VOTERS outlawed gay marriage.

[TakebackAmerica]

4. Now he's TOO liberal.

What an irony, the man Greens called a Corprate whore is now too liberal.


That's life.

[Snow]

11. Ummm, Yang?

LA is certainly liberal. Orange County, especially Mission Viejo, has some issues. San Diego and the San Bernadino area the same. But don't be too quick to broad-brush southern cal as not liberal. Most of us down here voted against Arnold.

[TakebackAmerica]

3. Do Greens still hate him?

Everyone I know in SF voted for Gonzalez.

[Rowdyboy]

5. Newsom can get in line behind

St atty Gen Bill Lockyer
State Treasurer Phil Angelides
Comptroller Steve Westly
Cong Loretta Sanchez
Cong Jane Harmon

just for starters. Newsom was a widely despised supervisor here just a few months ago. Grabbing media attention by flaunting the law (even when I agree with him) is no qualification to run for higher office. Let him prove himself substantively first.

[TakebackAmerica]

6. Yah, but he's a young visonary leader..

His vision: Seeing himself elected President of the United States of America.

[Rowdyboy]

7. I assume you're being sarcastic

He's an ex-supervisor, for God's sake. A legend in his own mind.

[Capn Sunshine]

9. You forget the elephant in the living room

Sen Feinstien will get it handed to her on a platter if she loses in 06

And don't forget the West Coast Dem Chair for Kerry, Cruz, Cruz baby

[xxqqqzme]

17. Feinstein is retiring.

Look 4 Loretta Sanchez 2 run for her seat.

[American Renaissance]

8. clean up SF first.

Lets see if he can fix the junkie and roaming lunatic problem first,

last time i was there, the police seemed more interested in a car with muddy liscense plates than the bum peeing off the overpass.

[Capn Sunshine]

10. The car with muddy license plates was used in a crime

the bum has no where else to pee thanks to the bookend recessions of B1 & B2

And I've seen more roving lunatics in Victoria
except they call them "street performers " there
They still smell alike

[LeftCoast]

12. As a San Franciscan who voted for Gonzalez

I'd just like to say that so far I have been pleasantly surprised by Newsom. First and foremost, his stand on gay marriage. He didn't have to pick this fight, and he certainly didn't have to go as far as he has. The fact that he has, I think, really speaks to his character.

I also read that he went to one of the poorer areas of the city (Hunter's Point) with all the various city Dept. heads and began pointing out all the things that they would be fixing. Broken playground equipment, street lights, trash...he told them to fix it all and that he'd check back in one month.

If he continues to operate this way I will cheerfully vote for him the next time he runs. I was never one who called him a Republican, but I was worried that he'd be a Democrat in the same vein as Willy Brown, who I felt did very little positive for the city in a financial boom-time (when it would have been relatively easy to invest in the city).

Anyway, hope this is coherent. I'm kinda tired. :)

[RoeBear]

13. It must take a very brave politician...

...to go out on a limb to support gay marriages in San Fran.

[youngred]

14. it takes a brave politican to do that anywhere

even in SF.

[LeftCoast]

18. Hey, none of our previous mayors did this

Like I said, I voted for the other guy, but I'm giving credit where credit is due.

[Guaranteed]

15. LOL! Like Jon Stewart said, such COURAGE it takes to stand up

for gay marriage in San Francisco! THIS guy might actually get re-elected!

[Doomsayer13]

16. Ironic

Ironic that the man who people were calling a GOP Stooge Corporate whore a scant 3 months ago is now a liberal hero.