Politics Pedersen’s Speech
Saying the “traditionalists” had demanded it, Jamie Pedersen stood on a wooden chair in his large unfinished basement/campaign headquarters and gave a quick speech after the last batch of results showed him still in the lead.
Everyone in the room seemed confident, loudly cheering Pedersen (who was not much more than a head taller than most of his audience, even standing on the chair).
Pedersen looked confident himself, turning first to thank Ed Murray, whom he said “absolutely did not have to take the chance of endorsing me.”
Murray then stood atop another chair, and after very brief remarks handed Pedersen a campaign pin from a race won by Cal Anderson, the state’s first openly-gay legislator. More thanks were passed around, and then Pedersen’s partner, Eric, a high school assistant-principal, came up for a kiss.
“However it comes out,” Pedersen told the crowd, “it has been a great experience.”
Street is closing - this may indded be the cliff hanger that was predicted with Jim Street the dark horse...... too early for bed, but god, this is slow counting.