Watching the California Governor's debate and my assessment so far is I wish Newsom could remain our Governor... [View all]

Xavier Becerra is doing well, coming off as the grown up in the room. Tom Steyer has said at least one comment that will unfortunately end up in a sound bite attack ad against him - Something to the effect that him paying more in personal income taxes is not the answer to California's problems. Matt Mahan is surprising me, coming off as quite relaxed and comfortable in his answers. Katie Porter was finally asked THAT question regarding the video of her berating a member of her staff. She said she apologized for her behavior. Fortunately, nobody was permitted follow up questions regarding the matter. Steve Hilton is coming off as weird. For some reason, he himself brought up the fact that not only is he not a native Californian but was actually born outside the U.S. It's like he was trying to compare himself to California's last foreign born Governor - Arnold Schwarzenegger - who was a horrible Governor. Chad Bianco looks angry, like he wants to physically fight someone. At one point, he was was making some disparaging remarks about California's Attorney General. It appeared that Bianco thought Becerra was still California's AG. Becerra no longer holds that position though. Rob Bonta is now California's AG. So, that was quite odd. Personally, I think the winners tonight were Becerra and Mahan.