Your Grandpa's Hope & Change

Ron Dellums is one of those frustratingly permanent fixtures on the political scene whose very presence is a rebuke to the idea that The People! United! Will Never Be Defeated! When he won the race for Mayor of Oakland a couple years ago, the Bay Area progressive community salivated at the thought of a true radical leftist taking the helm of a major American city. Well, his first two years in office have been a disaster, and even media outfits that have been prone to support him have noticed. 

Is it a surprise that crime has skyrocketed while policing has declined? Absolutely not. Dellums has demonstrated the disdain that all true leftists show for crime fighting and he has the crime wave to prove it. 

Is it a surprise that a thug like Yusef Bey IV has been able to extract $$ from the city of Oakland even as he has led a criminal enterprise that assassinated a journalist, just like you would expect in a Latin American "people's republic?" Of course not, guys like Bailey-adept at mau-mauing the flak catchers-thrive under a left wing government. 

I was surprised that Dellums has had trouble filling top spots in his administration. Progressives usually live for opportunities like this.

Oakland will be able to lurch along, regardless of who is in the mayor's office. Still, you have to wonder about Oakland's voters. Dellums has huge appeal for the white progressive college crowd because of his race, his progressive rhetoric, and his "inspirational" story. Will they be able to turn away from him when his reality has not lived up to his promise?