http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:58:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/04/162958.php#comment-31485 Because Matt is a progressive who will be able to create model programs that other cities will adopt. Imagine what would have happened if Harold Washington had a progressive city council to work with. Matt will have a progressive majority on the board of supervisors to work with. While Newsom would be considered far left in almost any other city, here he is a classic corporate liberal alligned with downtown interests how have invested heavily in his campaign. The Guaridan articles linked above go into this. And he would just use the office of mayor as a stepping stone to higher office (perhaps to run for congress when Pelosi retires or even for President someday). Matt has said that one reason to vote for him is he'll never make a decision to just be re-elected or move on to another position. If he loses, he can do a lot of other things with his life. And at the debate, the other night he said the thing he likes most about being an elected official is when he learns something new from a citizen which makes him realize he should change his position on an issue or approach to solving a problem. Most politicians never even entertain the idea they could be wrong. 31485@blogcritics.org Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:58:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/12/04/162958.php#comment-31397 Steve, when I blogged this, the headline was something like 'Liberal vs. liberal in San Francisco.' So, I am wondering how you hope to convince people that it matters <b>which</b> liberal is elected. 31397@blogcritics.org Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:50:58 EST