Pete Stark's burned bridges have cost him

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/17/12 | Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

[Verginius Rufus]

Stark put a large peace symbol on his bank in Berkeley during the Vietnam War.

Real gutsy thing to do...in Berkeley.

[des]

He criminalized physicians and invented an entire bureaucracy of oversight that costs way more than it has ever saved.

[Political Junkie Too]

Democrats attacking Democrats?

Yeah. California's new no-party primaries will ensure that no Republican ever again makes it to the general election.

-PJ

[RobbyS]

Short of that, put an age limit, say 75, beyond which one cannot run for re-election for house or senate.

[SmithL]

The CA GOP can’t win this one, since they don’t have a candidate. Thanks to California’s new “top two” law, this race is between two Democrats.

In the absence of a GOP challenger, I’m fine with Fortney being the face of the California delegation.

[DPMD]

Another senile burnout who will try to remain in office to his dying day, spending his last years in bed while aides do all the work. So much to be proud of.

[andy58-in-nh]

Stark put a large peace symbol on his bank in Berkeley during the Vietnam War. Real gutsy thing to do...in Berkeley.

Really. That's like being an exhibitionist in a whorehouse.

[RichInOC]

At some point, even in the Bay Area, being a Marxist atheist and a barking lunatic isn’t enough.

[PA Engineer]

He criminalized physicians and invented an entire bureaucracy of oversight that costs way more than it has ever saved.

I wish Americans would learn about all the the "Stark" laws. My Wife is a Neurologist and I have been following his madness for 26 years. I never understood how one evil rep could do so much damage.

[NormsRevenge]

the Bay Area Democratic brain trust.
i.e.
supported by some of the most ignorant easily swayed voters on the planet... or the most stoned. :-}

[JewishRighter]

“Bay Area Democratic brain trust.”

Now there’s a phrase. Is there some way you can modify oxymoron to express the ultimate? Oxymoronist?

[scrabblehack]

It was a jungle primary...general features Dem vs. Dem.