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Anyone but a Republican. We've seen where a republican governor takes a state. Look at California and SC to find your answer.

Mickey Mouse and/or Goofey would do far better then any republcan ever could.

That guy's gonna be president. Great!

Newsom is a fanatic with no respect for the rule of law, as evidenced by his actions in 2004. His blatant disregard for legal and Constitutional constraints on his power as a mayor, along with his ridiculous publicity stunts, will not be lessened if he ends up as governor.

Cool, thats who I support for Governor too! He is not afraid to say what's in his mind and he is not an OLD FART!

Newsom is a disgrace. I am a resident of SF and he has done nothing to reshape the fiscal crisis within SF and he wants to do it on a larger scale with the entire State. Not this guy, not this time.

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That's just what a state with a failing budget, deep recession and hostile business environment needs: a San Francisco liberal! He'll spend, regulate and tax the state into a third world country. But at least gays will have free reign in our schools. What could go wrong?

Newsom?

This ultra-liberal moron can't help us with our STATE financial woes.

This nut is similar to the existing nuts in Sacremento who can't balance a budget and constantly want to RAISE FEES and TAXES.

"Whether you like or not", we are NOT PAYING ANY MORE FEES OR TAXES, including State TAXES.

Gavin Newsom as governor would be terrible for California and the entire United States. California would become a 'safe haven' for illegals just as San Francisco is now.

As a Democrat, i will support any Democratic Candidate running against this divisive hack. And if he does end up being our candidate, i will painfully contribute as much money as i can to his Republican opponent.

Kind of looks like a smarmy, Pierce Brosnan.

How about no more you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours! People should only endorse the candidate they feel is the most capable of doing the job, not endorse them because they owe them a favor. This is what's wrong with our politicians.

I was planning on voting for this guy, even before Bill's endorsement.

Gavin will make a great governor for California!

This will be a huge help for Newsom.

The Clintons are hugely popular in California – let's not forget that Hillary Clinton won CA (the largest prize of all the states) over Obama in a landslide in the 2008 primary.

If you live in California, you might as well quite your job and go on welfare with a liberal like Newsom as governor your taxes will go up even higher and might as well be a deadbeat like the democrat constituancy of S.F.

Newsom tried to cram the Gay Marriage act down the throats of Californians. He said it's coming whether you like it or not. Voters said 'NOT' in one loud voice. Opponents, including Brown, will probably bring that up. Not to mention all sorts of problems going on in San Francisco that the rest of the country isn't aware of, or told about.
I can appreciate Clinton's show of loyalty, though. The man doesn't forget support or slights.

Newsome was he not the one who would fly illegals back to their country of orgin at the Tax payers expense,when they were picked up for commiting a crime in the U.S.?

California elects movie stars with no qualifications and unfortunatly got exactly what they voted for. Califormia is the "bankrupt" state. Newsom, who has a brain and the qualifications is toast. He'd get elected in any other state but California. . . . how true, how true.

Bill Clinton and President Obama are becoming quite close in recent days. I wonder if Clinton is offering his expertise on how to run a Country successfully. I certainly hope he is. Either that or they are both sick of Hillary and are trying to get rid of her.

this guy is AWSOME. I would love to have him as my governor.

If California wants anything done they better vote Democrat. It's the only way to forge ahead. Republicans have proven themselves to be NONPRODUCTIVE.

Newsome is a strange person. and of course i dont see where he has helped his people. and as far as McAuliffe, he lost bad in Virginia!!

Old Billy – you rub my back, I'll rub yours...............doesn't matter that Newsom is the worst possible candidate available to run California. Good thing these endorsements are meaningless.

If Clinton is backing him, it should be obvious not to vote for him.

With Bill's current luck at pickin' the winners , I'd advise him to stay as far as possible from the horse track or the OTB.

Surprising action by Clinton. Newsom is a complete doofus who helped energize the radical right nationwide in 2004 and more recently in the Prop 8 campaign, and one of the very few Democrats who could make me consider voting Republican.

Great – when any of these Democrats take over California there will be no accountability. Arnold wasn't great, but he kept the Liberal spending at bay a little bit. You get a nut job like Newsom in and more jobs will leave California and taxes will sky rocket to compensate. After all you can't deny those illegals their services at Tax payer expense.

Is Jerry Brown still alive?

Gee what a shocker...after all Jerry Brown called-out Clinton in the '92 primary and almost beat him. No wonder Clinton won't back Jerry Brown.

California is pretty much sick of the Governator... and as far as Jerry Brown goes - been there, done that.

newsome will make schwarzenegger look like a conservative.

Californina is in the mess it's in because of liberal big spenders.

Newsome also decided he was above state law when he started allowing illegal gay marriages in SF, so if elected governor, will he allow others to ignore state laws they disagree with.

But then again, in a democracy, the voters always get what they deserve.

It this guy wins, it will be bye, bye California. It was good to know ya! I would say he screwed up San Francisco but I think Pelosi beat him to it! Hey! Didn't he cheat on his wife? I believe he did! Where is the outrage that a former President would endorse a cheater? Oh wait, never mind!

While I am a more progressive person, and Mayor Gavin Newsom has taken on some bold initiatives in San Francisco, particularly with regard to environmental standards, I would somewhat apprehensive about voting for him or any other Democrat for the simple reason that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the few moderates left in the Republican party. While I DO NOT agree with Schwarzenegger on many issues, including fiscal polices, he has shown real leadership and taken on some issues in direct opposition to the Bush administration. I commend him for some of the bold leadership he has shown with regards to Climate Change and other environmental issues. In fairness I have never lived in California, so it is not my decision to make. However, I worry that the Republican party will become more, and more a party of extremists that will be impossible to work with in the feature without moderates.

That's it Bill, endorse the skumbag who has made San Francisco a safe haven for every criminal and illegal seeking a sanctuary from state and federal law enforcement officials. Do America a favor and stay home and learn how to knit or garden. Leave the politics to your wife. She wears the pants in the family now (always has).

Newsom is a joke! Billy Boy endorsing him only goes to show he's truly lost his mind. How can anyone who doesn't live in Nutty California possibly understand the destruciton the Democrats have caused and Newsom is about as nutty as they come! Time to split California in 1/2 and Pelosi and Newsom can have San Francisco and all the lunatics in it!

Oh, gawd. There is no more dangerous man than Newsom. But then against, its the left coast..... the land of fruits and nuts.

Just what the land of fruits and nuts needs, another Democrat to help them establish fiscal responsibility, of course he has to be a lawyer. California is now officially the State where oranges suck back when you juice them. If America can't learn what NOT to do from California, then I would imagine that our best hope as a Nation is to simply roll over and play dead! From the picture, it looks like he has already mastered Bill Clinton's trademark finger waving and I am sure if he is lacking political skill that Bill Clinton can bring him up to speed on how to lie to the American people with a straight face.

This dude is cool. Hope he makes it.

This sound more like former PRESIDENT Bill Clinton owes Newson a favor. Poltics as usual.

Just please get the "Govenator" out of the office quickly

Clinton been smoking a little too much medical marijuana?? Newsom would be the last person to endorse. California is in deep trouble with Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein and now let's throw Newsom into that mix. Time to seriously consider moving out of this bankrupt state. That would be one less tax payer for them to steal from and add millions more illegals to provide freebies for. And they wonder why businesses leave California only to NEVER come back.

It does not matter whom endorses whom! The american people will decide! They can be a DEM or GOP, whichever is the BEST LIAR! Wake up America!

Clinton going to destroy Obama from the inside out? Interesting to think about if these candidates supported HIllary

Woa, Didn't think Bill Clinton was that wacked out. Newsom is the absolute worst choice to run California. We cannot afford this nut job to run our state anymore into the ground.