“I’m not the guy who’s going to appoint a Supreme Court justice or anything stupid. But there were moments when I thought, ‘You know what, damn it, can I at least appoint the commission that I chair.'”
— California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times, on the temptations he faces as acting governor when Gov. Jerry Brown (D) leaves the state, before adding, “I’m not going to do it.”


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