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Willie L. Brown, Jr., the former mayor of San Francisco and long-time Speaker of the California State Assembly, drinks Billary-Aid too! Da Speakah should be ashamed of himself but this would require a level of self-awareness that he appears to have lost long ago. He has forgotten how he rose from being a newly minted attorney and a Sunday school teacher at Jones Methodist Church to become one of the most powerful politicians in California's history. Shame on you, Willie! Shame on you!

Seeing Mayor Gavin Newsom on the national stage with former president Bill Clinton on Monday night is a reminder of how political winds can change. On the eve of the biggest night of the presidential primaries, Newsom shared the spotlight during a town hall meeting staged and broadcast on cable TV and satellite radio by the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.

But just four years ago, current Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is said to have declined to have his picture taken in San Francisco with Newsom, who was then at the center of a national uproar over his decision to allow same-sex marriage in San Francisco.

"I gave a fundraiser, at his (Obama's) request at the Waterfront restaurant," said former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. "And he said to me, he would really appreciate it if he didn't get his photo taken with my mayor. He said he would really not like to have his picture taken with Gavin."