'Media Guardian Settles for Ego Boost'

A few things on the Web this afternoon:

Ego boost: "Clint Reilly, one-time S.F. mayoral candidate, has settled an antitrust suit against some of the nation's largest media companies claiming a Bay Area media swap would create a veritable monopoly. So what's in the deal Reilly worked out for newspaper readers?

"Evidently, we all get to read whatever’s on Reilly's mind. Seriously. Reilly reportedly negotiated a quarter-page of space in the local sections of each MediaNews paper. And a seat on the editorial board of the newspaper of his choice. ... Lawyers and political observers will recognize the settlement as an ego stroke in the proud tradition of former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante."

Legal Pad. (Reilly, left, is pictured with his wife, Janet, and his attorney Joseph Alioto.)

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Asian GOP: Ronald Reagan’s fusion of social and fiscal conservatives revolutionized Republican politics. Similarly, Asian American Republicans are changing the face, foundation and future of that same party. Michelle Park Steel, commentary in AsianWeek.

Progressive push at convention: A small band of the group's organizers has been rallying the faithful up and down the state as they head to a convention at which they hope to send as many as 150 delegates determined to bolster the party's liberal flank. That would likely amount to less than 10 percent of the delegates but officials with the organization predict there will be hundreds of other like-minded delegates. Copley News Service.

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