Sam Adams for Mayor

Behold Sam Adams (that's not made up)--the nation's first big-city openly gay mayor, recently given the thumbs up by Portland, Oregon voters.

He highlights a quote from a "Scottish writer that no one has ever heard of" to tell of his vision for the city of Portland:

Work as if you were living in the early days of a better nation.

Better, not in the sense of superior, but younger, freer, more idealistic. With vision.

There are a lot of great quotables in this video about how to approach the future. Coming from a gay man--for so long barred from any major political arena--the message of ambition christened with a willingness to tackle the improbable is a poignant one. Not just for a growing urbanite's dream like Portland, but for the stalwart, foot-dragging St. Louis as well.

Here is the video.