At this point, even Chris Daly has admitted Gavin Newsom will be re-elected. It is too late to mount a credible campaign. So the question becomes who would be best to throw themselves on the sword. I agree with Mr. Brown on Sheriff Mike Hennessey:

Mike was my first choice for Mayor and I stand by that. The guy’s an unpretentious giant.

I agree, any Sheriff who starts his speech by saying he wants everyone to know he agrees with everything the Public Defender said rocks, yet he’d never do it. But what about….

What about Jake McGoldrick?

He gave the best speech of the day — by far.

And he gets the idea of Wi-Fi way better than any other elected in town. So if you want to go with the Karl Rove school of thinking that you attack on your opponent’s strengths, consider:

“We are more committed than our opponents,” Newsom shouted as he rattled off a list of what he considers to be his accomplishments since taking office in 2004, among them, a plan for universal health care for the uninsured and one to bring free wireless Internet access to the city.

If this is just going to be a debate, McGoldrick is the only one I know who really gets why Newsom’s Wi-Fi sucks. And, if the recall hit the ballot he could probably raise and spend out of two accounts.

Everyone already realizes Newsom will win, but McGoldrick could completely disarm Newsom’s privatization spree that is totally screwing up the City.