Monthly Archives: October 2006

The Tennessee Senate Race between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr has not aroused as much national interest as the Connecticut and Virginia races, but recent events should change this. In the past two weeks, the Republican Party<br> Read More »

In San Francisco and Berkeley, progressive incumbents are under siege by heavily-funded campaigns for being “soft on crime.” In San Francisco, Supervisor Chris Daly has been barraged with hit-pieces by the Police Officers Association and challenger Rob Black. In Berkeley,<br> Read More »

Five longtime good government watchdogs have called for a criminal investigation of the illegal spending that has flooded the D6 Supervisorial race. The Executive Director of the Ethics Commission recently reviewed this unreported spending for hit pieces attacking Supervisor Chris<br> Read More »

How well I remember going to the dictionary to look up “Homosexual.” I was in my early teens. “Homosexual” was a word that haunted me day and night. I was terrified that it applied to me. What I found in<br> Read More »

For the first time since San Francisco reinstated district elections in 2000, an incumbent supervisor is not assured of victory a week before Election Day. Since downtown businesses, BOMA, the Plumbers Union, the Police Officers Association, and other opponents of<br> Read More »

With Republicans likely to lose the House (and possibly the Senate), the media is eager to change the narrative and create another “defeat from the jaws of victory” myth about Democrats. With last week’s New Jersey court decision on same-sex<br> Read More »