Posted on 02/26/2005 10:15:59 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared with Bob Hertzberg on Friday to endorse the Los Angeles mayoral candidate's plan for education reform, giving Hertzberg a televised boost as he struggles to keep pace with two better-funded rivals in the campaign's final stretch.
In a hastily arranged event at Schwarzenegger's Santa Monica office, the governor — who already had expressed generalized support for Hertzberg's proposal to break up the Los Angeles Unified School District — held a private, 20-minute meeting with the former state Assembly speaker.
At a news conference afterward, the governor did not endorse Hertzberg, a longtime friend; instead, he reiterated his intention to stay out of the mayor's race. But cameras snapped pictures of the two men together as Schwarzenegger praised Hertzberg's breakup plan.
"I think that Bob knows I don't get involved with the mayor's race," the governor said, standing in a courtyard outside his Main Street office. "I think it would be wrong for me to do. But Bob and I have been friends, and I have asked him many times for … advice, and I am more than happy to also work with him and the education idea he has."
By appearing with the high-profile governor, a very popular figure among Republicans, Hertzberg hoped to bolster his standing with conservative voters. Conservatives have been a key target in the mayor's race for Hertzberg, one of five major Democratic candidates in a field with no well-known Republican.
The impact of the public session was unclear — Democrats make up most of the city's voters, and recent polls show them souring on Schwarzenegger — but it came at a key juncture for Hertzberg.
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Endorsing a D .. at least hertzy is supportive of splitting the LAUSD. seems like the logical thing to do, too huh?
Being as the CA GOP bellied up this go around, re: supporting any candidates in the Mayor's race.. at least any that I am aware of.
not to mention the defeatist attitude it sends, why even try to advance your ideas?
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