Genie, wake up!!! It's San Francisco--there hasn't been a credible Republican candidate there since 1949--When the director of a Lesbian political dance company has almost as much support as the Republican, it should tell you something important about the nature of the electorate.

And, that aside, ask yourself this question--if the speaker of the house of representatives--the third most powerful politician in the whole government, came from your district, would you replace her with a freshman rep who would have nearly no clout? And would you remove the first woman to ever become Speaker of the House? And the woman who had achieved the highest office ever held by a woman in US gov't? Not no way. Not no how.