• … left foot in, and he shakes it all about. The San Fran­cisco mayor is doing the hokey pokey, with his polit­i­cal ambi­tions, report­edly announc­ing he’s run­ning for lieu­tenant gov­er­nor of Cal­i­for­nia months after dip­ping out of a guber­na­to­r­ial bid. Beyond being a less glam­orous job, his dip-out from before gives his pri­mary oppo­nent, Los Ange­les City Coun­cil­woman Jan­ice Hahn, an obvi­ous thing to attack him on. She’ll say, “Oh, he’s inde­ci­sive!” Just wait for that. We gave you a pre­view of the pri­mary. source

• 1978 last time New Orleans had a white mayor (Mitch Landrieu won the race last night) source
• never last time New Orleans had a team in the Super Bowl (the Saints play the Colts later today) source

• Hous­ton is a mul­tira­cial, mul­ti­cul­tural, inter­na­tional city. And I think my elec­tion will send a mes­sage to the world that Hous­ton is a city that might sur­prise a lot of folks.
• Hous­ton mayor-elect Annise Parker • Dis­cussing her sex­ual ori­en­ta­tion (she’s gay), along with the pos­si­bil­ity of being the new mayor of Hous­ton, prior to a runoff elec­tion that she won. This is a big deal for a num­ber of rea­sons. First off, Hous­ton is the fourth-largest city in the coun­try, which means that it’s the largest city in the coun­try to elect a gay mayor. Sec­ondly, it was in a city which just a few years ago barred ben­e­fits for part­ners of same-sex work­ers. Finally, Texas is a really con­ser­v­a­tive state. So her elec­tion is a huge win for the gay rights move­ment. source

• $183 the amount Bloomberg spent on each vote source

• Both in substance and reality, the war on terror in their point of view is over. There seems to be an over-concern with the rights of terrorists and a lack of concern with the rights of the public.
• Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani • on the White House’s decision to try 9/11 terror suspects in New York City instead of elsewhere. Giuliani, of course, was the mayor during 9/11 and the initial recovery, and his words have a lot more heft in this conversation as a result. • source

$90

million to easily win himself another term source

• With a young family and responsibilities at City Hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to complete this effort the way it needs to – and should be – done.
• San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom • Describing his reasons for no longer running for governor of California. It was a sudden drop-out, one precipitated by Attorney General Jerry Brown’s staggering lead over him in the Democratic primary. The center-leaning Newsom tried really hard to replicate Obama’s social-networking success but couldn’t pull it off. Too bad. Seems like he would’ve been a good governor based on his success in the Bay Area. • source