SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Gavin Newsom was hammering oil industry greed when he paused to offer a conflicting — if telling — qualification.
“We want them to make extraordinary profits,” the Democrat told reporters at the state Capitol.
It was classic Newsom.
The governor — who as San Francisco mayor delighted progressive by authorizing same-sex marriage while alienating them by slashing welfare payments to the homeless — was straddling an ideological line...