Excerpt from:
Human Events - The National Consevative Weekly
RACES OF THE WEEK - July 3, 2006
California's 8th District
DeNunzio vs. Pelosi

A Republican elected to Congress from San Francisco? A pro-life conservative taking out the No.1 House Democrat, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi? Come on!

That's the typical reaction of the pundits and pols to Mike DeNunzio, Republican nominee for Congress against the San Francisco Democrat who would be speaker if her party takes control of the House.

…DeNunzio, former U.S. Army reservist and San Francisco County GOP chairman … notes the merit to his candidacy for conservatives throughout the nation. In his words: "Democrats have made holy wars out of long-shot campaigns against Republican leaders… they invested in their candidates …So why can't we…

Watching the hard-charging DeNunzio in action, observers talk about how successful he could be… The GOP nominee, a graduate of St. John's University, New York, sports an impressive resume: military service and party leadership, running the Roman Catholic Archbishop's Fund for Needy Students, serving on such city boards as the Commission on Aging and Adult Services and the Mayor's Council to End Homelessness. A living example of the "citizen politician" Ronald Reagan frequently spoke of..

DeNunzio's selfless labor for his community ranges from the Campaign to Save Cable Cars to the Irish-Israeli-Italian Society (which gave him its Outstanding Community Service Award).

...DeNunzio pulls no punches about his differences with Pelosi.. She voted against tax cuts of every kind, he champions tax cuts "because they help working families." She is pro-abortion across the board and has consistently opposed a ban on partial-birth abortion. He is "strongly pro-life—and proud of it."

In a district in which the voter registration is heavily against Republicans, the never-say-die DeNunzio team points out that the number of voters in the "decline to state" category ..(Over 100,000) Moreover... this year, Green Party U.S. House candidate Krissy Keefer is running hard, pasting Pelosi for her refusal to consider impeachment of George W. Bush and demanding reparations for Iraq.

The DeNunzio campaign, overseen by veteran Golden State GOP consultant Harvey Hukari, is the first serious Republican effort in the district since 1982.

Popular Bay area radio talk show host Melanie Morgan regularly trumpets the Republican's cause... the candidate himself promises: "She'll get the race of her life."