SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.
He may not be plotting a White House bid. Or he may be. He insists he's not. But you can bet there's at least a subconscious pull to the Oval Office. It's the nature of the political beast.
"It's difficult for any governor of the biggest state with more people than Canada to look in the mirror in the morning and not see a president staring back at you," says Democratic consultant Garry South, the chief strategist for former Gov. Gray Davis.
