Here's an interesting piece by an outsider on the SF Mayoral race, Altered consciousness in the city by the bay.

I've been conservative noticing this trend as well, although I think it will be a long time before San Francisco has a republican mayor. But then again, I didn't think The Terminator would become governor of the Cali Republic.

Maybe I'm a "urban crunchy conservative." I like this term. I had a boss tell me once, "you know beneath that expensive wool suit, pearls and expensive perfume, you're really a crunchy granola person aren't you?" I was so insulted, but he was right.

I am partially a crunchy granola person, I just don't want to smell or dress like one or vote like one either. I'm a pragmatic voter who wants a mayor to fix the city's problems, with valid well thought out plans on how to do it. How simple is that?