Posted on 06/17/2006 6:52:35 AM PDT by ncountylee
Tension between Antonio Villaraigosa and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides surfaced Friday as the Los Angeles mayor declined to say whether he backed his own party's candidate to unseat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The rift between two of California's top Democrats became clear just after they appeared with Magic Johnson to celebrate the opening of a Starbucks on Crenshaw Boulevard.
Minutes after Villaraigosa's tepid remarks on his candidacy, Angelides refused to take a stand on Villaraigosa's plan to take over the Los Angeles public schools.
The dual snubs were part of a broad conflict between the two Democrats.
Villaraigosa is torn between party loyalty and the potential rewards offered by his new alliance with the Republican governor. He plans to campaign with Schwarzenegger for bond measures on the November ballot that could offer Los Angeles billions of dollars for schools, housing and traffic relief. And the governor would decide where much of that bounty went.
There is also a matter of personal ambition: Villaraigosa is widely seen as a top Democratic candidate for governor in 2010 — provided that Angelides loses.
For Angelides, support from Villaraigosa, a major political star, is crucial, especially in Southern California. But the mayor's top priority is his school takeover plan. And it should come as no surprise that Angelides is distancing himself from that: The effort's No. 1 opponent, the California Teachers Assn., has spent more than $1 million promoting Angelides for governor.
With that backdrop, the mayor was less than enthusiastic when asked outside Starbucks whether he supported his party's nominee for governor.
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He'd have perked right up if they'd asked him what he thinks of reconquesta!
There is also a matter of personal ambition: Villaraigosa is widely seen as a top Democratic candidate for governor in 2010 — provided that Angelides loses.
Oh goody! The RINOs are promoting the little MEChista!
Bustamante! Bustamante! Bustamante! < /FO>
And what did all that fear-mongering it get us FO? Instead of a fat, greasy, incompetent, easily-defeatable two-bit crook LaRazoid Bustamante your hero is promoting an attractive, smooth, sneaky, and somewhat competently evil leftist Villaraigosa with BILLIONS in bond money! They'll even loan us the money from their tax-exempt banks! Isn't that nice of them?
Now there's irony for you.
The New Majority doesn't care how much of your money it costs to get this creep elected, even if it takes buying off the LA educrats! The globothug betrayal of California to Mexico proceeds unabated.
Oh thank you Arnold! What a great Republican is so magnanimous a leader with our money that he promotes extreme leftist Democrats, probects Democrats from accountability for ruining the lives of countless Hispanic kids, and inches forward defaulting California to Mexico!
Arnold seems to be joining the unlimited health care for illegal alien children crowd to attract even more filthy invaders. Funded solely by state taxes, no federal money involved in this monstrosity.
the Sacratamato gang what the kiddies covered under the Fed/State Healthy Families program. So lots of taxpayers $$$, and we get bupkis
Villaraigosa is very, Very ambitious----he has already been to the east coast to ostensibly meet with NYC RINO Mayor Bloomberg---and you can bet your sweet bippe Villaraigosa is lining up reconquistas and other invader groups to subsidize and organize his plans to take over the White House.
Angelides is a rat faced loser lib. If he wins, I will never move back to California.
I'm going to run out of popcorn before this who's-the-slimiest-dem laughfest is over.
Awe, Democrats fighting. Music to my ears.
Villaraigosa has ambitions to be CA governor, and he has an excellent shot at it too in four years -- UNLESS Angelides becomes governor this November.
THIS is the real reason that Villaraigosa is not enthusiastic about Angelides.
And conservatives need to support Arnold now when he needs it, so when McClintock will run in 2010, Arnold will support him -- he will need it.
If so-called conservatives support Angelides this November, -- by staying home, voting third party, or even voting for Angelides, to defeat the "RINO" Arnold (I put "RINO" in quotes, because Arnold is NOT a RINO, but some claim he is, who rather have Angelides) -- and Arnold will win anyway, then maybe Arnold will indeed be fed up enough with the so-called conservatives, who are never there to support him, that he won't lift a finger to help McClintock when he runs for governor. And don't kid yourself that it won't make any difference.
By not supporting Arnold today, you may either get us Angelides for the next 8 years, or Arnold wins despite your non-support, then in 2010 you can be pleased that you have only yourselves to blame if Villaraigosa defeats McClintock.
Tom has made this very clear.
Schwarzenegger has done more to advance the left's agenda than any Democrat Governor could have ever dreamed of. Why is he torn? This "alliance" has been in work for some time.
Even if he loses, I will never move back to Mexifor....er, I mean, California.
Villaraigosa...in addition to having questionable credentials, he is a member of MEChA. The takeover of California begins.
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