So mayoral challenger Villaraigosa picked up former mayor challenger Bob Hertzberg’s endorsement yesterday – which, given turnout in our fair city (meaning it’s a high-propensity voter’s world out there), probably means more than Magic Johnson’s thumbs-up for the former Assembly Speaker.
Hertzberg and Villaraigosa used to be political bedfellows – well, political roomfellows – sharing Sacramento digs when they were in the legislature. Then they became at-odds-fellows after a power struggle over the speakership. I guess a common cause can heal all wounds – or at least slap a big enough band-aid on them so the blood clots until after election day.
I’m still, you may have notice, from San Pedro, so I got a hometown pony in this race still . . . . but it seems uphill all the way for Hahn at this point.
I’d love to have been a fly on the wall of the Hertzberg-Villaraigosa endorsement negotiations. “Antonio, I still think you suck, and if I ever say you so much as put a dish in the dishwasher . . . ” “Bob, come on, you wanted to beat him too, and the roomie schtick is getting old – don’t you dare hug me right now, I’m trying to make a point here!”
Villaraigosa has won the political trifecta of endorsements from the big three former challengers. He still has to finish the race, though.
And: L.A. Observed has a great “Scene” from the endorsement announcement.
Man… at this point I’m thinking I’m just going to write-in Xeni Jardin for mayor.
Xeni?! For Mayor!?!?!
You know, that’s crazy enough that it just might work. Think it’s a meme we could get to spread?
It might be uphill , but we will make it. We shall fight in the air , on the land , in the sea and on the beaches , we shall never never surrender.
You know if there was a woman in the race at least we could see that there are actually difrferences between the candidates. I would vote for the woman.
As much as I’d like to take credit for the X4M idea, it was Mack Reed’s at the close of an April 12 post on his L.A. Voice blog:
http://www.lavoice.org/article681.html