I'm quite fortunate to live in Speaker Pelosi's district. It's definitely cool to say that the Speaker of the House is your representative. But, on Tuesday, I'll wish I lived a few blocks (literally) to the west so that I could vote for Jackie Speier.
Yesterday, I headed down to South San Francisco, the land of fog and strip malls, to chow down on some pancakes with Jackie Speier. When I and my blogger crew (namely: Sweet Melissa & Spots) rolled in there, it was a little slow. And, to put it mildly, we lowered the average age by a few decades. But that's all well and good, because we were about to get served pancakes by a future Congresswoman, but instead we sat down to a plate of flapjacks served by a high schooler whom I later found out was Jackie's daughter.
You can see the video of much of Jackie's remarks. She spent much of the time talking about the people that have endorsed her and the 41 community meetings that she's held between her campaign kickoff and the election tomorrow. She's basically running this campaign as an old-school as you get. She kicked it off in January with hot dogs and cotton candy, and is making the close with pancakes and spaghetti in an attempt to meet every possible voter. The election on Tuesday will be verrrry low turnout, so ever voter counts.
Jackie's extremely qualified for the job. In her speech she ticked off all her priorities, especially consumer protection. Her privacy bill remains the strongest in the nation, and she will continue to fight for the rights of the consumer in Washington. If she gets 50%+1 on Tuesday, she will be representing CA-12 on Thursday. So, if you're in the district, please remember to vote.
