Dan Walters: Gavin Newsom is unpopular, but a second recall drive is doomed for failure

On one level, it’s completely understandable that many Californians believe they and their state would be better off without Gavin Newsom as governor. California has some seemingly intractable issues that have worsened during the five years of his governorship – homelessness being the most obvious – and Newsom’s penchant for braggadocio and grandstanding can be grating. Although California is politically a deeply “blue” state, a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that fewer than half of adult Californians and likely voters believe the state is headed...