Actually, this is all Roger Hedgecock's fault. He supported this guy - not me - I didn't vote for him. But Roger bad-mouthed Murphy's opponent - and that was it - Murphy won. I was very upset about it.
The County GOP supported Murphy's reelection. So did the San Diego Union-Tribune. Everyone acknowledge the scandals, fiscal mess and Murphy's involvement but said, that's ok... he's "detail oriented" and is best suited to plod through. And, let's not forget, *NO ONE* was really on top of the Donna Frye thing. Hedgecock *should've* spearheaded an effort before the election since he was in a bit of a unique position as a former mayor and one-time lawyer. He refused saying he doesn't get his hands dirty. Sickening. So we ended up with all the attention on Frye rather than the legitimate challenger. Murphy was weak to begin with, now he's basically a marginalized puppet. Thanks to the election controversy, he has no real political capital to spend even if he knew what to do with it.
I think folks forget that Roger is a disgraced ex-mayor. Sure some of the felony charges were tossed later by the state supreme court *BUT* he did end up pleading *guilty* to misdemeanor charges. He was not actually innocent, just not as guilty as he had been made out to be. Even now, he's thinks the way of a politician: talk a good game, make a good PR show of it, line his pockets while not really making a difference. If there's really movement, he'll latch on to get credit...
I think you'd agree, the Dems have done a magnificent snowjob in San Diego with Aguirre, Frye, indictments, a brain-dead media, union rabble-rousers, the cross distraction... they have phenominal political accumen. It's awe-inspiring.
I'm so stunned by the events of the past year, I can hardly think clearly about how to alter the course of things.
Wait a minute. Hedgecock hasn't had a good word to say about Murphy since he got elected the first time. He calls him "Mayor Yellow Jacket" after his feckless performance during the big fires (in which he donned a yellow firefighter's jacket while he stood around looking concerned and doing nothing). Wasn't Roger a supporter of Ron Roberts in the most recent election?