"I must confess I am dreading today's elections," Google cofounder and CEO Sergey Brin wrote last night on his Google+ account in a post that calls for whichever candidate winning today's election to negate their chose political party and serve as an independent. Logical and sound advice, yes?

Brin's entire post:

I must confess, I am dreading today's elections. Not because of who might win or lose. Not because as a Californian, my vote for President will count 1/3 as much as an Alaskan (actually it won't matter at all -- I'm not in a swing state). Not because my vote for Senate will count 1/50 as much as an Alaskan.

But because no matter what the outcome, our government will still be a giant bonfire of partisanship. It is ironic since whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.

So my plea to the victors -- whoever they might be: please withdraw from your respective parties and govern as independents in name and in spirit. It is probably the biggest contribution you can make to the country.

As Fast Company points out, "Read between the lines and he's almost calling for constitutional reform." Indeed.

Ripe with cigar smoke-filled rooms of tension and drama -- because all the board members hate each other, etc. -- the Board of Supervisors will soon vote for their new president. The drama this time around is that Daly sorta, kinda wants it, but no one will vote for him. Or so we assume. So Daly's trying to get John Avalos to take the lead. Which isn't a bad idea at all.

The more conservatives members of the board, however, don't want a progressive to be the president again, so they might try championing Sophie Maxwell. But Ross Mirkarimi could, and very well might, take the swing vote, and call it a day come Thursday when the vote is scheduled. (He's calling it "part beauty pageant and part power struggle.") What's more, SFBG has endorsed Mirkarimi for pres, more or less giving him their prog seal of approval.

Further complicating things, though, is anyone who's the president cannot win further elective office in San Francisco. Those who want to run for mayor after Gavin leaves office probably won't want the position. But that's merely speculation.

Also, City Hall wonks are gathering at SoMa's Temple Bar on Thursday night "for a roast of the four newbies" on the board. And it's going to be called "Roasted Supe." Hee!

Ralph Nader announced yesterday that he will take yet another tireless stab at the Oval Office, this time running as an Independent in the 2008 presidential election. Oh joy. Prattling on endlessly about how the Democratic and Republican candidates aren't addressing the issues, and blah blah, who cares, this will be his fifth attempt at snatching the title President of the United States of American.

What with a black man, Barack Obama, in the running, don't expect to hear a peep of support or praise for Nader coming from local, fetishizing progressives.

Well, he has our vote. The shabby minimalism of his campaign poster here is the work of a political mastermind. For sure.

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