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Newsom didn’t really strike me as a strong candidate or Governor. He seems to do the least possible thing required of the office, and in this incident, even les
by pm90 6y ago
Newsom didn’t really strike me as a strong candidate or Governor. He seems to do the least possible thing required of the office, and in this incident, even less than that. I’m not sure how progressive CA elects centrists like him, Feinstein and Pelosi (although Pelosi is to her credit very savvy politically).
- jeffbee 6y agoI personally favored Villaraigosa because I lived in San Francisco throughout Newsom's terms on the city council and as mayor, and I view him as a petty self-dealer with no policy ambitions other than his own election. On the other hand, people from L.A. told me the same things about Villaraigosa, and in any case he failed to even beat Cox to get on the general ballot so the point was moot. I don't know why anyone would be disappointed by Newsom going to dinner with some lobbyists, unless they had simply adopted a default-neutral view of the man. Newsom only knows lobbyists.
- Decade 6y agoI lived in San Francisco through Newsom’s terms as supervisor and mayor, and heard about Villaraigosa, too. My choice was Delaine Eastin.