The mayor's futureBy Tim Redmond
Melissa Griffin thinks Gavin Newsom should run for .... U.S. Senate!
Actually, that’s not really news, since most political observer think it's his only choice at this point (either that, or lose his celebrity status altogether, which I don’t think he could tolerate). Problem is, neither Dianne Feinstein nor Barbara Boxer seems ready to retire anytime soon, so he’ll have to wait a while -- and what the hell will he do in the meantime?
There are all sorts of fun things to speculate on -- Feinstein could decide to run for governor (highly unlikely, unless Jerry Brown decides not to run, which is also highly unlikely, unless Feinstein agreed that if she won, she’d appoint her old friend Jerry to her Senate seat, which would leave Newsom out in the cold.)
Or something could happen to one of the two (Feinstein is 76, Boxer 69), but both are in pretty good health, and it’s ugly for a politician to have to sit around hoping that someone dies so he can have the job.
I don’t think Feinstein’s running for governor, but if she does, she’ll win and choose the next senator, and it won’t be Gavin Newsom. So I’m afraid he’s going to be flailing around for a while (and at a certain point, after he’s termed out as mayor, maybe the Lt. Gov. job won’t look quite so bad).
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Comments (3)
I no tat it loks lik no one givs a fuk, but I do!
Posted by IGiveAFuck | November 6, 2009 09:23 PM
I oz rong, no one giv a fuk!
Posted by IGiveAFuck | November 7, 2009 08:26 PM
Let's hope Ichabod the Debutante gives up on the political scene and just decides to be a socialite and a dad from now on. Of course, I'm not sure I want him to resign and leave us with Mayor Chiu.
Posted by Joe Morse | November 9, 2009 06:27 PM