Comments on: Statewide seats surprisingly close

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:31:27 +0000

Yes, some of these races WERE closer than many of us figured. Very pleased with Nehring’s showing with a pittance of a campaign budget.

But don’t get cocky, kid. This was the off-election year. What is perhaps most important is who DIDN’T vote — those legions of low information Democrats who can’t figure out how to vote by mail.

So, as I see it, the future of these statewide elected Democrats is largely dependent on WHEN they run for higher office. If they run in a Presidential year, they are likely still unbeatable. If they run in the “off year” (like this year), at least it can be a competitive race.

By: LetitCollapse

LetitCollapse — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:16:29 +0000

I like Chiang. He strikes me as a pretty honest guy. Doesn’t lean heavily to the left. I was impressed by the way he handled himself as the Controller. If he does well as Treasurer I’d vote for him as governator in a NYC minute. I just hope he stays on the straight and narrow and doesn’t turn dirty like the large majority of them do. It would be nice to have at least one pol in Sactown who we could trust to do the right thing, morally and legally. 😉

Newsome, Harris, Padilla and Yee all suck. Jones is alright as far as I know. 95% of the pols in Sactown are players. They’d steal the gold from your teeth given half a chance.