15 Reasons Gavin Newsom Should Be President

With Proposition 50 re-drawing California’s congressional map in favor of the Democrats, we count the reasons why the governor is a serious presidential contender

By Henry Alford

1. Because he has acknowledged that his hair-gel-and-business-suit look was inspired by Remington Steele, which suggests a healthy amount of self-loathing.

2. Because someone who prefers audio versions of documents to written ones is the perfect leader for a nation whose chief resource is podcasts.