Nicholas Goldberg: If Newsom wants to run for president, he needs a new origin story

Wanna be in politics? Wanna be president? If so, you need an origin story.

Every politician needs one. And not just any old story, but preferably a rousing narrative that shows you've faced adversity and overcome hurdles. If you can say you're an immigrant or a child of immigrants, that's a start. If you grew up in poverty or suffered discrimination, maybe that's your narrative.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, looking to the future, understands this.

But what's his story? He didn't come up from deep poverty. His father was a judge and then a lawyer for the ultra-wealthy Getty family (though when he was relatively young, partly thanks to family connections.