Guy Who Ignored State Laws Wants to be Governor

The San Francisco mayor who in 2004 declared his city above state laws regarding gay marriage, and above federal laws regarding illegal immigration, had an affair and ended up in rehab, eliminated bottled water (except for himself), wants to be California governor:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has made it official—he's running to become California's next governor.

The 41-year-old mayor used the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook to announce on Tuesday that he was seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Newsom could face 71-year-old Attorney General Jerry Brown and 64-year-old Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in next year's Democratic primary. Brown was governor from 1975 to 1983.

Other Democrats mentioned as possible contenders include 56-year-old Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and 75-year-old U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

That's a real Murderer's Row the Democrats have got there. Unfortunately, one of them will probably win to the detriment of us all.