Supervisors Run for DCCC; Progressive Slate FormedPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Mar. 10‚ 2008Heads are still buzzing as to why three San Francisco Supervisors, one School Board member and five November candidates for Supervisor all filed papers on Friday – to run for the Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC). Criticized by some as a heavy-handed tactic, Supervisors Chris Daly and Aaron Peskin said that it’s about raising the profile of an obscure political body – and making the Democratic Party more relevant, more vocal and more progressive. For the first time in years, progressives will run a full slate in June for the body’s 24 elected seats – and while the focus is on the “big names” who are running, a good number of West Side activists were also recruited. On the East Side, Daly and Peskin’s presence on the ballot all but guarantees that some incumbents – perhaps a few progressives – will lose, but some DCCC members believe that it’s worth the risk. |