The Cheseboodin Recall in San Francisco

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People are not choosing an alternative. They just have to dislike him to vote for the recall. And that makes these votes very hard to survive. The other thing to watch from this is whether or not we're seeing more of a turn away from progressivism toward moderation. That's extremely significant in a city like san francisco, which has always been on the bleeding edge of progressivism.

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