Kevin James to Run for Mayor
Attorney and Radio talk show host Kevin James is announcing he is running for Mayor of Los Angeles.
The stay at home bloggers et al no doubt will look for everything they can to discredit Kevin, one of the few media figures in LA who has dedicated hours of airtime to examining City issues. However, Kevin is a serious candidate with a base, relationships to raise money, a real political consultant (not himself or a relative) and a background as a federal prosecutor to boot. Announcing now gives James plenty of time to build a winning organization.
He may not have impressed MSNBC's Chris "Thrill up my leg" Matthews one day, but then most folks outside Los Feliz, Studio City or Brentwood could care less about cable pundits like Matthews.
Stay tuned.
Labels: 2013 mayoral election, kevin james
Posted by Michael Higby @ 3/15/2011 12:09:00 PM
27 Comments:
Yawn!
(The only good news about this it it might deter Wacko Walter from wasting his time again...)
A guy who couldn't keep a DAY job in L.A. "talk radio," of all places.
Yeah, that'll work.
The more "minor" conservatives that line up to split that already minority vote, the more you can be guaranteed the May runoff will be between two far-left Democrats.
Good thinking, Mr. James? This was your alternative to what, suicide?
Yes!!!! He's got my vote!!!!
Make a statement, Kevin.
MAKE A STATEMENT!
(Then, cancel your campaign. No use making a damn fool of yourself.)
While it's hardly worth spending any time pointing out how silly this decision is, it is telling about just how deluded potential candidates can become listening to their tiny internal circles of "yes" men and woman.
E.g., in their announcement spin release, his spokesperson says...
"One of the secrets to his candidacy is he brings a broad-based coalition to the table."
(I dare say it's probably a bigger secret to the people who are supposedly IN his "broad-based coalition" that someone named KEVIN JAMES actually exists -- other than the sitcom comedian with the same name -- than that he thinks they might be a part of his supposed "coalition.")
...and if he gains any traction, you don't think his opponent/s will use Matthews' evisceration of Kevin James in campaign ads? Dream on.
Of course they will.
He should pull a Tony Villar move and change his last name from James to "Jaime". Then he can get the latino vote. Half the city will think he is the "King of Queens" guy.
Hey Higby-
What are the odds you're doing any better with your assessment of THIS candidate than you did with all of the candidates last week?
Let's see, if my memory serves me, you got all but one assessment wrong.
Who?
(Oh, and for the record, I'm the same commenter who first posted "Rudy Who?" last fall, re: CD14).
Get it?
"The Mayor of Los Angeles has been an APPEASER of the labot unions."
"He's an APPEASer"
"An apPEASer."
What's really interesting about Kevin James' announcement is that he has John Thomas as his campaign manager. Thomas is very, very connected to Rick Caruso, so it's highly likely that Caruso 1) is not going to run, and perhaps more importantly, 2) is going to $upport Kevin. In a race that will see the big money dems like Greuel, Zev and Beutner duking it out in the primary, it's highly likely that they will split the dem vote, thus leaving the only Rep in the field with a place in the run off - don't forget Walter Moore got what 26% of the vote with virtually no money, so James is assured of at least that much and probably a lot more, to give him a real shot at the run off. Kevin will make minced meat of opponent in the debates, and this time, the opponent won't be able to chicken out of the debate either. This is good for LA. Go Kevin!
PRINCETON, NJ -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leads the field of possible GOP presidential candidates in "positive intensity" among Republicans nationwide with a score of +25 among Republicans who are familiar with him, followed by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota with a score of +20. Huckabee is recognized by 87% of Republicans, compared with Bachmann's 52%. A number of other possible Republican presidential candidates trail these two in Positive Intensity Scores, including Sarah Palin, who is the best known of the group.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/146621/Huckabee-Bachmann-Intense-Following-GOP-Field.aspx
I hope Red Spot endorses Wendy Greuel or Eric Garecetti, because that'll help them lose.
HEY RED SPOT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LAUGHING AT YOUR HUNDREDS OF POSTS AGAINST THE GUY WHO WON IN A LANDSLIDE.
Think of all the beer drinking time all that posting robbed from you!
Or as you would write, "ONE WONDERS IF SCOTT 'RED SPOT' JOHNSON REGRETS WASTING ALL THAT HOT AIR ON RUDI RICH!"
7:34 is exactly right. Kevin is not Walter. Kevin is far more connected to start than Walter ever was and has the relationships to raise the money. Walter did not and did not want to raise big money. Kevin will also hire consultants and run an actual campaign unlike Walter. That being said Walter made a heck of a showing against an incumbent unchallenged by big names. Kevin will be in an open field going up against a bunch of people who will easily split the vote Villaragiosa got. And remember - the nine unknown candidates got 45% of the vote. Unheard of in a race with an incumbent and no major challenger.
Kevin's problem is the same as the one shared by the challengers we saw in City Council elections. He has low single digit name ID, no organization, no money, and no ability to raise the money he needs to get name ID and build and manage a grassroots organization.
And he'll up against people with tons of money to spend.
Run Run Run
He will get more votes then Greuel
If more people watched MSNBC they'd be informed, not manipulated by Fox.
I LOOK FORWARD TO KEVIN HITTING AT THESE INCUMBENT TYPE CANDIDATES WHO ALL WILL SECURE THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS CITY WITH AN EFFORT TO GET TAX DOLLARS BY USING THEIR ASSOCIATIONS TO APPROVE AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT GALORE THAT YOU WILL ALL PAY FOR AND YOU KIDS. PERSONALLY LAURA CHICK IS THE ONLY TRUE SAVIOR ON THE PLATE. THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD WIN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL TO BEAT THEM ALL. SHE WON'T SELLOUT TO ANY OF THEM OR THEIR FRIENDS.
Won't Kevin have to quit his radio job now? I thought that there's an FCC rule, which is why Gingrich had to stop being a Fox News contributor once he declared.
By the way, Joe B, get accustomed to saying "President Gingrich."
"President Gingrich?" I don't think so! Eye of Newt is the guy who left his first wife (for the second) when she was having cancer surgery, and he left the second wife (for the third) when he learned she had multiple sclerosis. Eye of Newt condemned Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinski, yet at the SAME TIME, Newt was having extra-marital sex with his own intern !!!! So screw Newt. He's not gonna be President.
And regarding Huckabee....he's a nutjob who thinks the earth is only 6,000 years old. Yeah, a brilliant man! He criticized pregnant unwed Natalie Portman (she's Jewish) but had no problem with the "Christian" Palin girl having a baby. He's a complete wacko who takes every sentence in the Bible literally.
Why are you allowing hate speech?
Ask Joe.
SOME MORE MISGUIDED BLOGS! READ THE PAPERS, WHAT RESULTS, THEY AREN'T GOOD. STATUS QUO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT ALLOW IGNORANCE TO REPLICATE IN THIS CITY. YOU ALL CLEARLY HAVE NO IDEAS ON HOW TO FIX ANYTHING. THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP GOING DOWN THE SAME ROAD WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE PROBLEM IS NOT OUTSIDER CANDIDATES IT'S YOUR BELIEF THEY CAN WIN OR MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S THIS CANCER THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED BEFORE ANYONE HAS A TRUE CHANCE. ALL INCUMBENTS STARTED OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT WERE PUSHED INTO SELLING OUT. WHO DID THEY SELLOUT? YOU!
I wasn't indulging in "hate" speech, if you meant me! I was pointing out that Newt got rid of his first two wives when they each became seriously ill, and Huckabee thinks the earth is 6,000 years old.
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