Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Republican Actually Running Against Pelosi.
SAN FRANCISCO — John Dennis, a candidate for California’s Eighth Congressional District, recently stood in a gay bar in the Castro district of San Francisco and came out of the closet — ever so slowly — to a table of six older gay men. “O.K., we’re all sitting here, we all have a drink here?” Mr. Dennis said, taking a deep breath. “O.K.: I’m a Republican.” “Oh. My. God,” responded Chris Craig, a 72-year old Democrat who is retired. “Are you sure?” another man at the table asked. Mr. Dennis smiled and nodded, and continued on in his curious and probably quixotic mission: to unseat Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, a Democrat who was elected to her 12th term in 2008 with a slim 72 percent of the vote.Link
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