Thanks for drafting this. I agree with much of what you say. One question: did Richie actually say he wants anyone but a Democrat in the DA role? If not, it’s a bit of a needless potshot against the guy.
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Thanks for questioning this, Jay. I clearly never said this , nor do I believe what he asserts, nor did Ben reach out to get my perspective on it. Would be great to have Ben update his piece
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Very happy to stand corrected but in that's case will you work with SF Democrat leadership to alter your campaign given that the wording and positioning of your campaign doesn't appeal to a broad church of Democrats and risks not maximizing the envelope of interest?
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You can obviously understand that the optics of a Republican leading a recall campaign led to my reasonable assumption. Delighted I'm wrong, so with that in mind and wanting the same outcome it would make sense to let Democrats (who have vast majority in SF) lead your campaign.
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Can someone help me understand why this has anything to do with political party? Only those identifying as Dem can challenge another Dem-identifying person in office?
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Sure happy to. 1) many Democrats are highly suspicious of a Republican, and especially one who has run for office as a Republican leading a recall effort of a Democrat in astly left leaning SF.
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2) there are different reasons for wanting Chesa recalled and Richie's campaign doesn't squarely address the reasons Democrats/left do. But given SF voting slant if you want the highest chance of success better to run it on a left-leaning agenda.
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3) Chesa's supporters can more be easily spin to undermine a Republican led-effort, especially to disrupt financing and other related support.
(I could go on... It's highly problematic)
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He still has supporters? Is there some data supporting that? I think he got elected because people don't understand how voting works. I don't know of anyone who isn't in favor of recalling. Question is does anyone trust Dems at this point?
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Chesa still has supporters, I know many. It's a silly question to ask if anyone trusts Dems, no Republican is going to get voted into any office in SF any time soon - just that some Dem candidates are better than others. I get you doing the rah rah for Republicans but 🤷♂️
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Does he really? What's their rationale for supporting him? Honestly curious. The evidence of his failure is so damning... though maybe there are people who enjoy/benefit from the situation. I didn't say I support Republicans. What SF needs is a libertarian dictator.