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For hundreds of years millions have died fighti ng for Kings and Queens in Europe. Now America through Obama are give the Planet back to these kings. Your Barack Obama is the Devil himself...

Thank Goodness. Villaraigosa is nothing more than a political opportuniest. Our choices are pretty slim for potential candidates: Whitman is a no go she left E-Bay in a mess, Poizner is an opportunist who would sell his soul for more power. Newsom is young and has some interesting ideas but I think he is more of an opportunist as well. That leaves Tom Campbell or Jerry Brown.
Cambell is a centrist and Brown is an innovator.

Yeah, it is true...I mean, he does have an ugly last name, look at it? LOL!!

Here's my recommendation to you if you are running...be honest, Cali deserves better. They do, don't waste people's time.

Inter national? And Obama gets the praise..... How?

I live in California and I am sick of the "governor" (I use this term loosely) that we currently have. I was hoping he would run – because if we get Whitman the state would be in worse shape that it is now. Has anyone looked at the mess that she left E-Bay in

Gavin Newsom(SF Mayor) and Villaraigosa(LA Mayor) have common things that had ever have affair with young women so that it caused them to divorce. Both of them and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spawned a huge financial problems in two major cities in CA. CA needs new Gov. who has realistic and reform experiences from economic spot. I've considered Carly Fiorina of former chairwoman of HP and Meg Witman of former CEO of e-Bay.
GO FIORINA OR WITMAN in 2010.

Comment by 'Victorino Sanchez' June 22nd, 2009 5:13 pm ET
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GOP is Anti-Hispanic? Oh, please!
You sound ignorant…weak argument…take it from a Hispanic Republican!

The majority of Hispanics (like yourself) are ill-informed about Rupublicans. FYI – It was a Republican (President Reagan) who signed the Amnesty Bill in 1986.

Wonderful news! Not buying his excuse though - I think he knows better?! I very much like Meg Whitman for Governor.

Please keep Newsom in San Francisco.

Newsom = Pelosi

Villaraigosa is a better mayor than many I have seen. When people say he has not done anything good, that's simply not true. We are in a terrible crisis now. One that has been in the making for many years. We all know that yet some choose to act like our leaders should be beyond human and just magically fix things. If there is a let down when it comes to Villaraigosa, it's due to some peoples own ridicules over the top expectations of him– just like many have of Obama.

California has a bunch of liberal nuts in Sacramento. It doesn't matter who is governor since they are just going to keep spending JUST LIKE CONGRESS. Tax and spend until the money runs out.

I'm always amused at that quirky "American" trait of your citizenry being more incensed and outraged over politician's personal life, yet remain silent and accept it with apathy when a president lies about going to war, sending over 4,000 young men and women to their deaths.

Very odd.

Signed,
A non-American

GOP is Anti-Hispanic. We have seen here via all those GOPERS who hate Hispanics.

GOP IS A RACIST PARTY.

Be still my heart!! It may be a joke!!!!

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is a not a KING, but is a KING MAKER.

Whomsoever he will support will the California Governor.

@ Billy Ray Valentine, Philadelphia, PA June 22nd, 2009 4:49 pm ET

where's Ronald regan when you really need him?

Uh . . . dead. Didn't you hear?

Villaraigosa couldn't win, so he made a good, informed decision.

looser !

Thank God!!! He can;t even run LA...since he's been mayor, nothing has changed at all...same ole problems... when can we actually get a real winner?!

[...] light of the California mess, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has evidently done the wise thing and declined to run for governor. The State Senate in New York appears no closer to resolving a power struggle, even as Governor [...]

Villareigosa is no loss, but Alfred E should check into Newsom's backgroung before he throws stones. Newsom by the way will make a great gov.

It's difficult not to label this as whimpin' out of the race. We were hopin' this guy could do something for the Californian minorities. What a let down!

where's Ronald regan when you really need him?

Good news and bad- Good news because we Californians need a rbetter man the Villarigosa as Govenor. The Bad news- we Angelino's are stuck with him.
Maybe if Newsome wins we can give him to Frisco!

this is a surprise to me... I really thought he would run. Oh well, I bet Brown and newsome are happy. But I would have liked to see it come down to Villagairosa and Newsome.

It would be great if newsom and brown would also decide not to
run.

Apparently the female reporters willing to bang married politicians are better looking in LA than in Sacramento.

Thank goodness...he can't even run Los Angeles...how could anyone expect that he could run all of California?!

Where is Mark Sanford?

It was a good decision on his part. The political wolves would have checked into his background and business associations and torn him apart. He knows that. He would have gone down in flames long before the election got serious.

Why doesn't Redford, Sean Penn, or Alec Baldwin run. All they do is run their mouth about how bad things are, and they are always offering "advice." Well, this is the time to put-up or shut-up.

Hopefully Gavin Newsome will announce the same thing soon!!!

You mean that those posters who got riled up in the previous ticker were upset for naught? This is why we need health care reform ASAP.

Thank God!!!

He already announced that decision last week. Hardly a scopp there, CNN.

I like Mayor Villareigosa and wish him all the best.

I am a die hard Democrat and I like both Newsom and Brown, but I need someone who is going to stand up for us and even if is against our own Party.

Rob

Newsom for California 2010
Change We Need

Thank goodness! He's nothing but an idiot masquerading as a mayor

Can't blame him on this one. Who WOULD want that job given the terrible fiscal mess that state is in?

Thank God!

Looks like he heard back from John Edwards, John Ensign, Ted Kennedy, et al on the political fall out from adultery.

Are you kidding me? There have been few politicians that came in with higher expectations and achieved less. A HUGE disappointment. Truly, an empty suit.

Well he had a good chance of winning if he did. Maybe Jean Claude Van Damme will run.