Saturday, August 18, 2012

CA-30: When Liberals fight

It's always amazingly incongruous when two rich liberals argue who connects with the little guy more. The Howard Berman-Brad Sherman fight continues to be ugly. I've wondered for years how Los Angeles Democrats would react to a genuine challenge and now we're being punished for that wish. Sorry. The district is around 49% Democratic and 51% Republican/Independent. Top Two was designed with this sort of race in mind to put the more moderate candidate in office. Neither of these guys are moderate and they certainly aren't pretending to be.

Berman has, as noted earlier, locked up an impressive string of Republican endorsements. The four highest LA County Republicans, LA County Supervisors Don Knabe and Mike Antonovich, as well as Sheriff Lee Baca, and Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley have all endorsed him. That's no easy feat, as I'm sure it can't be very comforting for them to know their name is just a little above Barbra Streisand.

The San Fernando Valley Republican Club is very influential. They meet every month at Galpin Motors. Jane & Bert Boeckmann, the owners of Galpin, also endorsed Berman. So it had to be disappointing that he wasn't able to run the table when the San Fernando Valley Republican Club chose not give an endorsement. I know several people who are with the club and I should find out what pitch Reps. Berman and Sherman gave. Whatever it was the club couldn't, in good conscience, endorse someone they agreed with on few issues.

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