Comments on: SF Dem group snubs Newsom for Lt. Gov.

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:03:56 +0000

Gavin Newsom is a person well worth snubbing.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:14:23 +0000

Boy Scouts Honor, Elwood. I’ve met the man (Dean, that is). Not saying he’s conservative, but he is moderate in his personal views on some things and very liberal on others. He’s a Vermonter. Not a big pro-union or gun control guy, for example. Remember, he’s the guy who, while DNC chairman, bumped heads with Rahm Emanuel on the 2006/2008 Congressional campaign strategy. Rahm wanted to put all the money in blue states and districts to nail those down. Dean wanted to spread the money and effort around for a 50-state strategy. Dean prevailed, which accounts for the Dems big wins. Problem is, lots of those wins were in normally Republican districts. So, the Blue Dogs Dean recruited to run in those districts pissed off the Move-On folks; on health care reform, for example. And, most of those districts are likely to go back to their normal GOP voting pattern this year, which is a major reason things are looking so grim for Dems. I attended a Howard Dean book signing last year, and one of his good friends who attended was a former moderate GOP U.S. Senator from Minnesota — one of the few Republicans I’ve ever voted for for federal office back when I lived in MN.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:19:11 +0000

“Howard Dean is not as left as some of his followers.”

Such as Newsom?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Good grief, John W, is there no depth to which you will not sink?

By: John W

John W — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:53:16 +0000

I don’t imagine Newsom minds the snub too much. Might even help. Howard Dean is not as left as some of his followers.

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:26:00 +0000

Howard Dean’s following lives! I bet they say Jimmy Carter was a great leader.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:15:37 +0000

I too have been “inspired by the leadership of Howard Dean”!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!