[Daryn Kagan, Cnn Anchor:] With more on what we can expect from Joe Lieberman, also to talk about the convention, we are joined by one of the more prominent Democratic mayors, Willie Brown of San Francisco. Mr. Mayor, good morning.
[Mayor Willie Brown , San Francisco, Ca:] Hello, Daryn. How are you? Thank you.
[Kagan:] Thanks for stopping by.
[Brown:] Thank you.
[Kagan:] Nice to be at an event like this that would be nice to have in your own town, but kind of nice not to have it in your town.
[Brown:] Well, it is very expensive. We had it in 1984. I think we did a reasonably decent job. We have not bid on it since then.
[Kagan:] Would you like to have something like this in San Francisco?
[Brown:] We don't really have the accommodations for an arena similar to this that we could convert as quickly and as inexpensively as can other cities. We will be there, though, before I complete my term as mayor.
[Kagan:] One day. You built some other nice facilities.
[Brown:] Absolutely, Pac Bell Park.
[Kagan:] Yes, we were talking about. Still have to get a baseball game there. Looking ahead to tonight, to Joe Lieberman, what does he need to do to be embraced by the entire Democratic Party?
[Brown:] I think the top of your program, when you described what Mr. Lieberman says he intends to do and that: introduce himself to the American people. Joe Lieberman is known very well to the insiders, or the people who have been in politics for a very long time. He's known very well to some of the human rights movement, but he is unknown to the American people. He is not a household name. He will be after tonight, though, because I think everybody is going to be excited about what they see in Joe Lieberman.
[Kagan:] Some prominent African-American leaders have raised some questions about his selection and his stance on a lot of issues, like school vouchers, like Affirmative Action, yet he had a meeting yesterday with members of the Black Caucus that seemed to improve relations a little bit.
[Brown:] Well, you know, Joe Lieberman is a very impressive guy. When you think in terms of Joe Lieberman being in the South, risking his life as a young person participating in helping to register people to vote. That gives you a tremendous amount of credibility coming out of the box. The fact that you may have said something in response to a question put to you on the theoretical basis, that's now being interpreted four or five year later in a different fashion is always a burden. But Joe Lieberman can handle it. I'm sure that when Mr. Gore says: It is no, say, on 38, which is a voucher measure in California, I'm sure Joe Lieberman is going to be right there with him.
[Kagan:] Looking one more night ahead to Al Gore. What does he need to do to unite this party and get Democrats across the country excited about his candidacy?
[Brown:] Well, I think, first, we are excited about Al Gore's candidacy. We are Excited about Al Gore's candidacy because it is a continuation of the last seven years and eight months of absolute prosperity, of wonderful extending of opportunity, a reduction in the unemployment rolls, the business of handling the needs for education and child care and child health. Those are the kinds of things that Al Gore is going to talk about. You know, Al Gore is like a professor. He really knows this stuff. This is not somebody you prepare with a teleprompter. This is guy who has lived in. And that will come through, and that's what the faithful is looking for in Al Gore.
[Kagan:] Mayor Willie Brown, thanks for stopping by. Really appreciate it.
[Brown:] Thank you.