Vote for Party Chair Comes Down to the WirePaul Hogarthbyline‚ Jul. 23‚ 2008The SF Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) will meet at 7:00 p.m. tonight in the State Building at 455 Golden Gate Avenue to elect the party’s new Chair. Spectators are advised to bring popcorn. With Supervisor Aaron Peskin running against Scott Wiener, both sides say they “have the votes” – and regardless of the outcome, it will be close. With 34 members on the DCCC, each side needs at least 18 votes. On his blog, Supervisor Chris Daly claimed that Peskin already has “19 commitments” – which can only be true if (a) David Campos and David Chiu support Peskin and (b) some members of the HOPE slate who publicly backed Wiener have switched. But that scenario may very well happen. On July 21st, anti-progressive group Plan C e-mailed its members – urging them to pressure Assemblywoman Fiona Ma to support Wiener. Given Ma’s politics, if she truly is a “swing” vote then Wiener is in trouble. |