Sunday, November 01, 2009

Gavin Goes

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out from next year’s race for California governor.

His withdrawal has left former governor Jerry Brown, the state’s attorney general, as the leading Democratic contender to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who cannot run again by California’s term-limits law.

Newsom cited family obligations and his commitment to city hall as the reasons for his withdrawal.

Too bad. The cutie patootie is one of the few political figures who excites me (in not just the obvious ways).

Photo: News.Stanford.edu.

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