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There appear to be no in-betweens for Gavin's hairstyles, as revealed by this photo from the Newsom scrapbook

The photo of Mayor Newsom on the front of the Chron this week as a snot-nosed tyke in a sailor suit certainly livened up the Monday BART commute. The fun continued in learning that Newsom had sat in the lap -- as a CHILD, the Chron emphasizes, to get your mind out of the gutter -- of fellow gubernatorial hopeful Attorney General Jerry Brown.

We can almost imagine Brown waiting 'til Newsom's mom was out of the room to whisper in the wee boy's ear: "Thirty years from now, I will kick your ass for governor, kid. Sweet dreams."

It seems that Newsom's elders have broken out some more grim advice. According to an e-mail that went out today from the Newsom for California Exploratory Committee, Newsom's pop turned Nike's slogan on its head to counsel his son on running for guv: "Don't do it."

But fear not, Gavin lovers: In a surprising twist, the letter goes on to say that Newsom simply isn't going to take his father's advice. Actually, he's going to need your help in organizing on the Web to destroy such pessimism.

As the letter states: 

"I can't do it. But we can do it. And that's why I'm asking you to join me on GavinNewsom.com or Facebook."

Campaign genius!  If only all this "we can do it" and facebook bit didn't sound so much like he was ripping off Obama.