It's interesting, really, this first week as Chair of the Multnomah County Democrats. Jenny Greenleaf asked me today, with a smile and a laugh — as if to suggest that she knew the answer must be yes, and that she understood I'd have to say no — if I had any regrets. (She and I have commisserated over the past several years about intra-party politics.) I answered no, of course. Later I thought about it more. The one thing I think I should have done differently — the thing I wish I'd done — is to have addressed my fellow candidates and their core group of supporters directly and specifically in my acceptance speech. I don't know if I have managed to convey to them in the past week exactly how much I appreciate the nature of the campaigns that they ran. I am particularly dubious that I have managed to express to the team I have just joined the degree to which I am excited to work with them. These are experienced and skilled political minds (& hearts) for whom I have a great deal of respect, and it is a privilege to have this opportunity to work together.