Not only has Riordan made clear his support for abortion rights and public funding of abortions, but he is also appealing to an influential group of voters who have been increasingly disillusioned: GOP women who support abortion rights.
I guess the Chron thinks most GOP women support abortion.
The San Francisco Chronicle is after all a liberal paper in the liberal Bay area. Thus is not shocking the like Dick Riordan and see him for what he really is a liberal. Don't bet though he'll get their endorsement in the general election if he should be the GOP nominee. No good liberal is going to be caught dead supporting a RINO UNLESS the Dems are running a conservative Democrat in which case its a whole different ball game. Riordan offers liberals nothing they can't get from Gray Davis. And when was the last time you heard the Bay Area go for a Republican? I rest my case.