Posted on 08/04/2008 12:50:51 PM PDT by SmithL
The rumor mill about whether Dianne Feinstein, the popular Democratic senator, will run for governor heats up every now and again.
It began to simmer last week, after the San Francisco Chronicle's Matier and Ross published a private poll showing her beating another would-be Democratic candidate, Attorney General Jerry Brown, 50 to 24 percent.
Brown, who served two terms as governor before term limits were enacted, has been the early frontrunner among the politcal chattering class.
In fact, in that same published poll, Brown was the top choice when Feinstein wasn't included, besting San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Lt. Gov. John Garamendi and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell in a potential 2010 Democratic primary.
Back to Feinstein. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who is sitting on a $10 million campaign account and could himself run for governor, told Capitol Alert last week that Feinstein "beats everybody."
In his new column in the Chronicle, former S.F. Mayor and ex-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown agreed.
"If she does get in, it's over, at least on the Democratic side. Everybody, and I mean everybody, else steps out," Brown wrote on Sunday.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Bill Thomas isn’t busy - how about him? He’s a California man.
No one will step out.
What if cats and dogs suddenly started giving birth to demonic pit fiends from Hell? It couldn't get much worse for the Socialist State of Kalifornia.
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