Jim Gibson, the former head of the D.C. Agenda, and others predicted in 1994 that Marion Barry could be elected mayor but would be unable to govern. Barry’s tainted past, the city’s fiscal woes, and a Congress with no patience for the executive’s infamous shenanigans collaborated to deny him a full political resurrection.
D.C. Council Member Adrian Fenty, who defeated Council Chairman LindaCropp to win the Democratic mayoral nomination, doesn’t carry Barry’s burdens. Still, there are questions about whether he will be able to govern.
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