Gavin Newsome, candidate for Governor, spoke to about 300 students at Santa Ana college and laid out a set of plans that will play well only in small parts of the state. He a) touted support for services to illegal immigrants, b) supported universal health care with a public option, c) advocated a split roll on property taxes (although press reports suggest he stepped back from this precipice somewhat) , d) supported eliminating the two thirds requirement for budget approval.
Newsome commented "I'm not a poster child for playing along, for playing it safe." Evidently the San Francisco mayor is also not a student of geography. All four of those positions receive wide support only in a small portion of the state. It is refreshing to see a politician speak his mind and not nuance his political positions. But if that is the direction of his campaign two things are pretty sure to happen. First, the chameleon we have known as Former Governor Moonbeam will be able to nuance his position and look more like a center candidate - at least in the democratic primary. But second, Newsome will find that the voters, to use a phrase he used in an earlier campaign, will reject him (to paraphrase) "whether he likes it or not."
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