Politico: Boudin a victim of pouncing Republicans in San Francisco, or somethinghttps://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/06/01/politico-boudin-a-victim-of-pouncing-republicans-in-san-francisco-or-something-n473291How many pouncing Republicans might there be in San Francisco? Likely not enough to put a competitive race for dogcatcher, and yet Politico sees this as the likeliest explanation for the upcoming recall of radical DA Chesa Boudin. The “well-funded recall campaign” has become “a sort of Rorschach test” on “anxiety about rising crime” … as if Boudin and the social-justice movement whence he springs isn’t just as well-funded and now responsible for outcomes in places like San Francisco.
Instead, it’s all about the pouncing:
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Yes, it’s putting a spotlight on “reform-minded prosecutors,” which is itself a rather loaded description, because the results of their policies have been disastrous to public order. Politico even notes that career prosecutors in both Boudin and George Gascón’s DA offices in LA have “revolted” at their edicts on bail, sentencing, and prosecuting cases as crime has shot upward. Gascón calls the recall process — which he may face in November — “subverting democracy,” even though the recall process is itself entirely democratic and fully available in California for voters to hold officeholders accountable.
"Republicans Pounce" is MSM-speak for Dems and other Progs getting called out for their F-ups and lunacy. That narrative doesn't work very well in SF, since SF is one of the bluest counties in CA. If, as seems likely - I've seen poll numbers suggesting Boudin might lose by a 2-1 or even 3-1 margin - he gets the boot, R votes against Boudin will be a minority of votes cast against him. With crime as with their kids' schools, even largely liberal SF residents have a threshold of pain, and uber-Prog pols have stampeded across it.
With CA's moronic Top-2 Primary system, in November some offices will pit Demledee against Demledum. But the "non-partisan" Superintendent of Public Instruction contest bears watching, as Dem/educrat-oriented Ds may be splitting voters of those views, and Christensen looks really good and may make the November ballot. Similarly, the Dem field to fill the rest of Kammie's term and for what would have been her next term has a lot of Dem candidates, potentially splintering the Dem vote and allowing an R to make the November ballot. I don't much follow Dem politics here, but to the degree there is a traditionalists vs. Socialists fracture, more Rs than usual might make November ballots. Or not,
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