Matt Gonzalez a Green party member, Supervisor and former President of the SF board of Supervisors has accepted the role as running mate with Ralph Nader's doomed campaign.

This bothers me for several reasons, Matt is a really great guy and has been a good Supervisor for San Francisco, he was instrumental in bringing Instant run off voting to our city.  He has been an ardent fighter for the inner city poor as well as an anti violence advocate.  

Some of his stands have been controversial for sure, like his positive stance on surveillance camera's in area's that have had historically high homicide rates.  A principled stand balancing first amendment rights and security for troubled neighborhoods.

I am somewhat sorry to see Matt connect himself with Nader like this, i think it will only diminish his stature and future respectability in the political world that is San Francisco.

I would be curious to hear what others thought about this move?  Will this be a good or bad thing for Matt?

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/02/28/ politics/fromtheroad/entry3888154.shtml