Gavin Newsom, the governor of our state here in California and the presumptive frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primary for 2008,

I think you could make the argument. He had the worst February of any major wannabe candidate in modern memory or surely the worst record of any governor in the last 30 days.

It wasn't supposed to be that way. He has a new autobiography. And his problem there is he comes

across is what he is, a child of privilege, a Nipo baby. So he wants to dispel that image. So when

he talked about he just ate white bread or he had all of these problems growing up.

He said he had dyslexia.

But the idea that Gavin Newsom was somehow parallel to Abraham Lincoln in a log cabin or JD-Vand

just doesn't work.

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.

Gavin Newsom, the governor of our state here in California, the presumptive frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primary for 2008, I am biased because I've had to live under his

tenure for six years, but I think you could make the argument. He had the worst February of any

major wannabe candidate in modern

memory or surely the worst record of any governor in the last 30 days. It wasn't supposed to be that way.

He has a new autobiography. And his problem there is he comes across is what he is, a child of privilege, a NEPO baby,

a person whose father was a close, intimate friend of Governor Pat Brown, senior Governor

Brown, he was a good friend and somewhat related to Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Brown.

And of course, he was subsidized and helped in his business ventured by the Getty family

and their mega oil fortune inherited from their father who created Getty Oil.

So he wants to dispel that image.

So when he talked about he just ate white bread or he had all of

these problems growing up. He said he had dyslexia. We'll get to that in a minute. But the idea

that Gavin Newsom was somehow parallel to Abraham Lincoln in a log cabin or J.D. Van. It just doesn't work. Then he went over to

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