Andrew Rasiej's much-blogged campaign for NYC Public Advocate ended yesterday with a loss, but Andrew was quick to claim a victory for ideas:

[from Advocates for Rasiej » Blog Archive » A Victory for Ideas]

I don't consider this to be anything other than a victory speech... We changed the whole notion of what the Public Advocate's office could be... It doesn't matter what the percentages are, we created a real debate about what the Public Advocate's office could be and we raised a lot of important ideas... In case you didn't hear, today the New York Parks Department announced that they will be giving free Wi-Fi in most of the city's parks today.