The first campaign I worked for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was waaaaay back in 2000. And if you ask me, a good deal of his perception problems are that he is over scripted, over protected, over done. I think the most likely way for Mayor Newsom to win the 2010 Gubernatorial campaign is if they let Newsom be Newsom. His handlers don't have to be defensive, but when they are it shows. Like this:
I just asked Newsom if he would support the Clean Energy Act. At first, he said yes -- absolutely. Then he said, "oh are you talking about the one about PG&E?" I said yes. He said, "oh no it's horrible." I asked him to elaborate, but he would not. I then asked, "is that because your consultant [Eric Jaye] is working for PG&E?" Newsom denied it, but really. It was kinda pathetic.
Ouch. Paul Hogarth has more at Beyond Chron. Why can't he just stop trying to calculate by what he's told and follow his gut? It worked for Marriage Equality.
Al Gore believes we can have the entire country go with clean electrical energy in a decade and Newsom is going to oppose the "can do City" doing the same by 2040? Ouch. |
