Ah, the Sham of It

Bill Whalen has a good piece on Arnold's State of the State address, but the juiciest bit is this:

If you have bad news to "dump," then Arnoldmania is the cover you want. Midway through the governor's address, the Associated Press reported that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Kimberly, a Court TV commentator and now a fixture on the New York social circuit, are divorcing.

That marriage had "sham" written all over it in the so-devastating-he-didn't-even-notice-it profile of Newsome in the New Yorker a few months ago.

I have no doubt that the Newsom quest for world domination will one day be successful, but still. It's always nice to see social climbers suffer a setback, even if it's only temporary.

Eighteen months from now, young Gavin will be back, angling for a Senate seat or some such. He'll have a new Beautiful Girl on his arm.(Think Nora O'Donnell will be available by then?) And he'll turn to the castle, raise his sword over his head, and bellow, "By the Power of Getty!"