Current San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom dropped out of the 2010 California governor’s race. Who the hell will end up taking over this mess of a state? Right now, it doesn’t look hopeful.

This is what Newsom had to say:

With a young family and responsibilities at city hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to complete this effort the way it needs to — and should be — done.

When I embarked on this campaign in April, my goal was to engage thousands and thousands of Californians dedicated to reforming our broken system and bringing change to Sacramento.

I will continue to fight for change and the causes and issues for which I care deeply — universal health care, a cleaner environment, and a green economy for our families, better education for our children, and, of course, equal rights under the law for all citizens.

Could Newsom create “real” change? Who really knows. In the end, he is a politician. But maybe he had a chance. Who else has one?

The lead democrat is a man who was once the governor before, Attorney General Jerry Brown. This guy owned a 7-to-1 fundraising edge on Newsom.

Brown can become governor again since he was not in office when term limits were set. There is no way a guy that old (he is 71) can bring California out of its ass. We need fresh minds with innovative solutions.

Let see, who else? There is Dianne Feinstein. Yeah, that is a joke. Evidently she is popular, but I don’t see what good she has done for the state so far.

Batting for the Republican Party: Tom Campbell, a fiscal conservative, and Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay from 1998 to 2008. Maybe the eBay knowledge can foster some solutions for the economic quagmire of the state, maybe not.

The election is far away from now (Well, maybe not that far. It is only a year away.) yet there are still no clear-cut saviors in the lot. Like America needed nothing short of a political superhero to move forward, California needs one as well. But who will be wearing the cape come November 2010?