Monthly Archives: January 2006

Politics in San Francisco is pretty dull this election cycle. The only races that matter are the Janet Reilly/ Fionna Ma and the Leland Yee/ Mike Nevin campaign. No major ballot measures in San Francisco. At the same time Marin and Sonoma Counties have a highly… >> More Updates

Carla Marinucci has an interesting article about conservative blogs in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. She focuses on the FlashReport. This is a popular blog because while it is very partisan it combines that partisan slant with real news and information. It is just a matter of time… >> More Updates

For those who don’t think the world would be a better place if Al Gore had become our president

Fear drives out reason. Fear suppresses the politics of discourse and opens the door to the politics of destruction. Justice Brandeis once wrote: “Men feared witches and burnt women.”

The founders… >> More Updates

This article about Congressman Delay’s reelection prospects is a prime example of the law of unintended consequences.

“For every action in politics there is an unforeseen and unintended consequence for that action.”

Here is a January 5th article in the Capital Weekly that leads with:
“With just more than six months until the June gubernatorial primary, Democrats are bracing for what is expected to be a bitter and intense battle for the right to face Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in November.”… >> More Updates

One of the most entertaining political dramas of the post election season has been the run for Speaker of New York. This last year we ran Gur Tsabar’s campaign and learned first hand the ins and outs of New York politics. The deal making involved in Chris Quinn’s… >> More Updates

With the spreading Abramoff scandal and Trashgate in San Jose it appears that Ethics regulations will be very popular in this election year. San Francisco, as it so often does, leads the nation with its strict ethics regulations. While I am not a big fan of registering as… >> More Updates