Houston's most happening political scientist reappears
One of blogHOUSTON's favorite professional political scientists, Professor Bob Stein, made an appearance in Kristen Mack's Friday politics column (notable for its reporting on the Aiyer/Lovell race -- more on that later).
"I was surprised, not that she [Sue Lovell] was in the runoff, but that she ran ahead of Jay [Aiyer]," said Rice University political scientist Bob Stein.
Maybe it had something to do with Proposition 2? And maybe Mack should have asked Stein's opinion on that, since this quote didn't really explain much.
Stein also admitted his lack of insight on the Clutterbuck-Hittner runoff:
Anne Clutterbuck and George Hittner, who will meet in a runoff in District C, ran neck-and-neck Nov. 8. She received 20 percent of the vote to his 19.8 in a seven-way race.
[snip]
Clutterbuck, a lawyer and president of Southampton Civic Club, won the endorsement of Mark Lee, who placed third Nov. 8. She could benefit from her grass-roots contacts as a civic club leader, Stein said, but he's not forecasting the result.
"These are impossible races to predict," he said. "They are really street affairs."
Perhaps since Professor Stein has so little no insight on either seriously contested council race, he really wasn't the person to quote extensively in this story.
Incidentally, since it was not mentioned, it is worth noting that Professor Stein is the spouse of mayoral aide Marty Stein, and he is also an occasional mayoral advisor who helped design the illegal predatory exclusive tow-zone contracts that comprised the original SAFEclear program. Professor Stein also likes biking.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/20/05 08:12 PM | Print |
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