Who's With Who? Part 2 - First Group of Assemblymen
Posted by: Nick Naylor | 04/30/2008 11:45 AM
Before a lunch appointment pulls me away from the computer for a while, I found the endorsements of these first few Assemblymen especially interesting.
You have Jim Silva exactly mirroring the endorsements of Bates and Campbell.
You have Chuck DeVore taking a very cautious, and probably very smart approach, only having endorsed Bob Huff and Mimi Walters out of the 5 races so far.
And you have Van Tran doing... I can't really figure out what exactly it is Tran is doing.
I don't even know if it is meant to be a secret any longer that Tran is slowly building to run against Loretta Sanchez in 2010. So, one would assume that the endorsements made now - the endorsements that may influence who Assemblyman Tran's surrounding Senators and neighboring Assemblymen are - would be made with great care. But instead, the endorsements Tran has made - or at least is rumored to be preparing to make - are nothing short of puzzling. Given his 5 choices, it is altogether very possible that a win for the Trannies on Election Day would be to have 1 out of his 5 candidates win. 2 for 5 would be cause for celebration given the tough spot they've put themselves in.
Jim Silva(AD67):
-AD60: Larry Dick
-AD71: Neil Blais
-SD29: Bob Huff
-SD33: Mimi Walters
-Supe1: Janet Nguyen
Van Tran(AD68):
-AD60: Larry Dick
-AD71: Neil Blais
-SD29: Dennis Mountjoy
-SD33: Harry Sidhu
-Supe1: Dina Nguyen
Chuck DeVore(AD70)
-AD60: No Endorsement
-AD71: No Endorsement
-SD29: Bob Huff
-SD33: Mimi Walters
-Supe1: No Endorsement
More to come from the rest of OC's Assemblymen later.
Mr. Ayer registered as a Republican to be electable in an interim election with no incumbents. He did...
So Van's a politician that endorses on principle, character, and friendships, rather than by which way the wind is blowing.
I find that admirable and something I want in my next Congressman.
Once the OCGOP figures out that taking back a Congressional seat that has been Democrat for 14 years is much important than which Vietnamese Republican gets to represent the 1st, much more will make sense...
Nick,
It's not at all puzzling, as you put it, when Van Tran supports his friends and supporters. The list you have shown indicates that he supports people who have supported him in the past and have good relations with. Tran will do what is right, and not what is politically convenient for him, and for him only.
Van Tran is still neutral on AD71. Please provide a correction.
Blanket statements are troubling. How has Sidhu supported Tran?
Tran's Chief of Staff (who is running for the Assembly) consultant is also Sidhu's consultant. Thats the connection.
Who cares about these primaries? Just please God take out Loretta Sanchez ASAP.
I'm sick of watching her berate our 4 star generals and kill our traffic relief projects.
Don't even get me satrted on her inappropriate Christmas cards.
Pet the freakin' cat...Eww disgusting
Who is doing Larry Dick's mail?
WHAT mail?
Loyalty,
Sidhu came out strong and supported Tran when he ran for State Asmbly in 2004. That race was very contentious and Tran won by nearly 15 points.
Guess who was the consultant for Tran's opponent? The same Dave Gilliard who also played the race card. At that time, he used a lot of "yellow ink", instead of black, on his hit pieces. Didn't work and he got blew out of the water. Sounds like Gilliard hasn't learned his lesson yet.
Van will go 0 and 5 June 3rd. But I guess he will still have friends....they will be loosers, but still his friends.
Ball,
Your crystal is a bit cloudy. You need to Windex it for June 4th.
Remember to get all the "yellow and black" ink out of the crystal ball. It's "coloring" your judgement.
3:47--the only cloud on here is coming from your bong. What does black and yellow ink have to do with Van's vindictive behavior and lame endorsements?
Looks to me like Van Tran is coloring the crystal ball. He took out an ad (election 06)in Viet papers with all the people he wanted elected without regard to their credentials, experience, or relationship to him, seemed their only qualification was that they were all Vietnamese. Yes ALL. The message in Vietnamese translated to English as "vote as a block for Vietnamese only, then we can take care of our own" without regard for any other persons in the districts those candidates were representing. So who is coloring the crystal ball? how is that for history?
For an "American Girl", you can't read Vietnamese and propagate lies and falsehoods. You need to go back and learn your VSL -- Viet as a Second Language. Let's post the Viet ad to see what it REALLY said. Stop making up stories.
I find it hilarious of the anti Van Tran postings. Full of desperation and frustration. Tran's endorsement means much, or the Mimi and Janet crowd wouldn't be burning up the blog and going crazy like this. Shame, shame. More like ha, ha!!
cb --
for an endorsement that is lame, as claimed by mimi walters and her people, they sure spent an inordinate amount of time and energy on the blog trying to prove that it is "lame". How funny and ironic?
if i am a candidate i would like to have this "lame" endorsement too.
Tran's endorsement is an insult, but it's not a stick or stone. People are reacting to being insulted. They're not reacting out of fear that Tran's endorsement will mean anything in this race. It doesn't. He couldn't even beat Janet in his own territory.
Methinks JC Fremont is correct. How powerful is Van Tran when he can't even beat Janet in his own territory? It's kinda like the GOP in Irvine.
JC,
You mean Janet Nguyen stole the election by hiring Dem Lawyer Fred Woocher to throw out Viet ballots against Trung Nguyen after spending almost twice as much money during the campaign against him, an obscure school board trustee? Verrryyy Impressive.
That's a new one, JC. Mimi Walters getting "insulted" by being endorsed against. Is this being arrogant or what?
Poor Mimi. Van Tran "insulted" her. How dare he!? Is this the Comedy Blog or what?
JC Fremont,
How's this for a slogan?
"Stick and Stone won't break Mimi's bone
but a Tran endorsement ... er...
insult is prone to break her bone!"
Memo to anon harassing JC:
Enough. You know the rules about personal attacks and keep breaking them, so I', exiling you to the Village of the Banned.
JC tries to observe the rules. You don't.
Are you sure Tran endorsed Mountjoy? When? Did he dual endorse? I have a campaign piece here from Bob Huff and it lists Tran as an endorsement. I called Huff's office and asked if Tran had pulled his endorsement, and they said no. I haven't seen a press release or anything like that from Mountjoy, but Huff definately has a signed endorsement from Tran.