:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Friday, November 07, 2003 ::

A New Political Era Dawns in S.F.: "As much as is possible in a place as liberal as San Francisco, the mayoral showdown five weeks from now will offer a clear choice:

Newsom, a liberal Democrat by the standards of most other cities, has been cast by opponents here as a socialite 'Republocrat.' He is allied with billionaire Gordon Getty and lives in a multimillion-dollar mansion in Pacific Heights, one of the city's most expensive neighborhoods, with his wife, a prosecutor and CNN commentator who is a former lingerie model.

By contrast, Gonzalez, an arts aficionado and poetry buff, doesn't own a car and rents an apartment in the considerably less fashionable Western Addition neighborhood. Newsom's supporters portray Gonzalez as an ultra-left 'cafe brat' whose support won't extend beyond the city's young hipsters."

:: Jim Nichols 11/07/2003 11:37:00 PM [+] ::
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