Steve Hilton came in with next to no chance of becoming the next California governor, but maybe if he focused on touting the feel-good messages he's been spouting since launching his campaign in front of the Huntington Beach Pier earlier this year " Make California Gold Again! Califordable! I'm a Legal Immigrant with a British Accent! " he might've convinced at least a few voters to go with him. Instead, Hilton debated like someone already preparing to launch a podcast or beg for his old Fox News job back after he gets walloped. When your solution for solving California's housing crisis is building 10 new cities, you're not running for California governor " you're angling for an influencer job with the Irvine Co.