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S.F. Mayor Newsom to explore run for governor
The L.A. Times ^ | July 2, 2008 | Mark Z. Barabak

Posted on 07/02/2008 3:42:54 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who built a national reputation pushing cutting-edge -- and controversial -- policies on same-sex marriage, healthcare and other issues, launched an exploratory bid for governor Tuesday.

His move placed the 40-year-old, two-term mayor out in front of a large Democratic field eyeing the race to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is barred by term limits from running again in 2010. Newsom said he expected to decide by year's end whether to proceed with a full-fledged candidacy.

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As governor, Newsom said, he would have three priorities: reducing poverty, providing universal access to healthcare and improving the state's education system. Boosting student test scores and reducing class sizes would be two measurements of success, he said, but only part of a change that would urge closer collaboration between Sacramento and local governments. "It's not just funding everything at a higher level," Newsom said of his goal for schools.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: electiongovernor; francisco; gays; newsome
Just wait and see...California libs are stupid enough to elect this scumbag to the governor's mansion.


1 posted on 07/02/2008 3:42:54 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Oh yeah because he has ran San Francisco so well. I can just see it. California will be a safe haven for illegal Aliens. Promise you this. If this happens, then say goodbye to the California economy. It will take a major hit. No doubt..
2 posted on 07/02/2008 3:48:16 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Kalifornia and Newsom deserve each other.


3 posted on 07/02/2008 3:50:09 AM PDT by saganite
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I thought his reputation was for stealing his campaign manager’s wife?

Apparently he thinks he is ready for another campaign.


4 posted on 07/02/2008 3:52:11 AM PDT by rod1
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

We all know he people of San Francisco are about as stupid as they get. But are the majority of folks in all of Calif. equally as stupid?
If they think their taxes are high now, just wait till this p,o,s, liberal gets his hands on the reigns of Calif politics.
Homosexuals and illegals will have more rights then you or I.


5 posted on 07/02/2008 3:54:57 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: saganite
Couldn't agree more with your statement. Who, other than a bunch of fags, lessies and miscreants would vote this POS dog catcher?
6 posted on 07/02/2008 3:59:27 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: Joe Boucher

“If they think their taxes are high now”

Hey! The top bracket is only 9.3% - we can give more for the right programs that put the welfare of the worlds people first.

/s


7 posted on 07/02/2008 4:03:58 AM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Wow. I thought for sure he’d run for First Lady.


8 posted on 07/02/2008 4:05:35 AM PDT by exile ("Get off the phone, ya big dope"- The Great One)
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To: Sprite518

Well, if he’s really interested in bringing up test scores, the single best move he could make would be to crack down harder on illegal immigrants than Oklahoma has.

But I somehow bet that isn’t in first 100 days strategy...


9 posted on 07/02/2008 4:09:29 AM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Kalifornia cannot take many more imbeciles running their state... and I really grow weary of the communist's best friends in the Western world. I know that there are good people in Kalifornia... but not enough to keep it from being the most marxist and decadent state in the union... a modern Sodom. Their evil spills into the rest of the Nation... their fetishes become in-vogue across the land!

LLS

10 posted on 07/02/2008 4:16:35 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (REAGANISM... not communism!!!)
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To: Bobibutu

Hang on, I’ve got to go into the hanger and get my rubber boots, the pooh is deep.
Californians pay pretty high taxes for everything from dog parks to birth til death for illegals kids.


11 posted on 07/02/2008 4:22:53 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Unfortunately, California's evils, such as its draconian emission standards, directly impact other states as well, such as Pennsylvania, in which our beloved governor Fast Eddie Rendell, in all his eternal wisdom, has seen fit to our standards to those of California.

Although I know that there are good Conservatives in California, such as the owner of this site, on some days I wish that it would just drop off into the Pacific Ocean.

12 posted on 07/02/2008 4:24:54 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

His first 100 day strategy is to hand back California to Mexico.


13 posted on 07/02/2008 4:28:43 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; Clintonfatigued; Impy; darkangel82; calcowgirl; NormsRevenge; SierraWasp; ...

Well, they were gullible enough to elect Ah-nold, so that’s a definite “yes.” There’s gonna be enough Stalinist whores on the rodent side in 2010 that Eliot Spitzer might toss a 5-spot their way.


14 posted on 07/02/2008 4:43:17 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

If all the coastal counties did, CA would be Republican again.


15 posted on 07/02/2008 4:44:04 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: LibLieSlayer

If he wins, look for a huge earthquake to swallow up California beginning around San Francisco. This man is an idiot. I don’t know how he is still surviving after all his queer baiting. A total scumbag.


16 posted on 07/02/2008 5:00:04 AM PDT by rtbwood
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

I hope he wins. California deserves him!
Then it will fall in the ocean.


17 posted on 07/02/2008 5:01:02 AM PDT by truemiester ((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
...some days I wish that it would just drop off into the Pacific Ocean.

Lex Luther may have had a great idea at that. If only Superman had had super powers of premonition.

18 posted on 07/02/2008 5:10:08 AM PDT by fwdude (If marriage can mean anything, then marriage means nothing.)
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To: Joe Boucher

Gee, they already do, don’t they?


19 posted on 07/02/2008 5:20:45 AM PDT by Califreak (What exactly is a "Do Wacka Do" anyway?)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Pity the poor hardworking citizens in states like CA. NY & NJ who have to live under control of such Marxist, wacko politicians. It’s like shoveling $#^t against the tide.


20 posted on 07/02/2008 5:28:40 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: exile

His campaign manager Ben Dover!


21 posted on 07/02/2008 5:28:48 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I wish they would have a Conservative revolution!

LLS


22 posted on 07/02/2008 6:40:30 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (REAGANISM... not communism!!!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Our choices look like Gavin Newsom or Tony Villar (mayor of L.A.)


23 posted on 07/02/2008 3:51:01 PM PDT by newzjunkey ("Jugend dient dem Fuhrer." "Si Se Puede." - Obama slogans)
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