Morning Briefs on the "dueling" Los Angeles Political Machines for Friday

In the words of the Jewish Journal blog on this looming race "Two Jews, One District".

This is going to get brutal ........... and expensive.

Lets "cut and paste" some of the comments from the Los Angeles Times story on this looming "political jihad".

From ....... Michael Berman, the strategist behind the Berman-Waxman axis who is running his brother's reelection effort, calls his brother "a leader" and Sherman a "backbencher." Not nice.

From Gerry South on Howard Berman  "Ber.man hasn't had a campaign in years, and a lot of these longtime incumbents are really, really rusty." ..... especially when the machine dilutes competition.

Lastly from "Parke". Parke Skelton, scoffed at suggestions by some that his client defer to the senior congressman by getting out of the race. "These districts aren't Spanish land grants," Skelton said. "Nobody owns them."

Let the campaigning commence!

Meanwhile in Venice .................

The fight over new restrictions on the Venice Boardwalk is causing Zuma Dogg's coverage to go viral as his blog traffic graphs highlight. Funny to note in his tweets that CD 11 City Councilman Bill Rosendahl asks CD 14 City Councilman Jose Huizar, how it feels to have ZD sniffing around your Neighborhood Council.

Your thoughts..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14