Top Five Winners and Losers, Election 2006Randy Shawbyline‚ Nov. 09‚ 2006With most races decided, lets turn to the real winners and losers on November 7. Nationally, the biggest winner was DNC chair Howard Dean, whose 2004 presidential race created a new and winning model for progressive success. In San Francisco, progressives were also big winners, despite being greatly outspent by their opposition. Victories by Daly, Kim, Maufas, and Props F, H, and I show that while the city gets wealthier, it remains progressive. The big losers include the Bush Administration, the religious right, environmental predators, the troika of the San Francisco POA, Plumbers Union, and Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and the San Francisco Chronicle. As much as progressives should be celebrating Nov. 7, the cause of racial justice was a big loser, as Michigan voted to end affirmative action and Harold Ford and other black candidates were defeated. |