the ongoing stew over Prop 8 and an earlier post I did about Gavin Newsom's role in the outcome, here's one question someone posed that made its way to my email: "How was a single person responsible and what could he have done?" That's a fair question. First part: I never said Mr. Newsom or any other single person was responsible for Prop 8 passing. What I did say was that the voters make the ultimate decision. But about what the mayor could have done differently? The answer: Grace. He should have displayed some graciousness in victory ...