Look at Newsome

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsome has been famous in my house for three things. He's handsomely rich. As mayor of San Francisco he pushed hard for gay marriage many years before it became accepted or legal. He got out way in front and led. Then he had a sorry affair with his best friend's wife. 

That's a mixed resume. Now we can add two more items. At the recent California Democratic convention, he was the only major officer holder to back the insurgency from the left. He sided with  the California Nurses Association. They lost to the usual business and once liberal power brokers, but it was a close thing. Newsome also endorsed the single payer health care plan. His main rivals danced around the issue, too cautious to state an opinion. 

Let's be clear. If we want our next governor to support single payer, Gavin Newsome is the man. He will lead, not follow.

The Democratic Party has to do something right to earn back my vote. No triangulation. Lead in the way FDR through LBJ did. Those Presidents were obviously flawed. but they led from the front.