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Gavin Newsom Answers the Big Question--Sort Of
Mayor Gavin Newsom puffed up his chest yesterday after leading the lawsuit that will "challenge a cut in the reimbursement rates paid to doctors that treat Medi-Cal patients." (That is to say, he's upset that the state has now decided to cut payments to doctors who accept low-income patients. Thanks, Arnold.) But the real story here is whether or not Newsom finally answered the big question about a possible run for Governor of California. And whether or not he's the next Jed Bartlet. KQED's John Myers reports:
[A] decent sized crowd flocked to see the charismatic San Fran pol at today’s event, and it’s hard to deny that many wanted to hear how he answered The Question.I call it that in homage to an episode of one of my favorite TV series, The West Wing. In that episode, as the staff prepares for President Jed Bartlet to run for a second term, there’s giddiness when a potential GOP contender flubs what the White House staff keeps calling “the question” from a reporter. In that case, the question was: “Why do you want to be president?”
In Newsom’s case, you probably know the question…
Are you running for governor in 2010?
The answer, of course, is yes. At lest we think so. But in typical Newsomian vagueness, he kind of, but sort of, yet not really answers the question.
“It’s wildly premature” to be making such plans, Newsom said. He then went on to say that if the people who are urging him to do so are convincing enough, “and if I can convince myself,” he said… well… then he said he’d think about it.
Eh, we hope he makes a run for it. Most likely, he'd probably win, which would be great for SF.