Riordan Is Closer to Recall Run | LA Times

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July 29, 2003

Riordan Is Closer to Recall Run
-Schwarzenegger's candidacy appears less likely. Former mayor meets with strategist.



By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer

With rising doubts over whether Arnold Schwarzenegger will run for governor, another moderate Republican, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, edged closer Monday to becoming a candidate to replace Gov. Gray Davis.

Noelia Rodriguez, press secretary to First Lady Laura Bush and Riordan's former close aide, spent Monday at his house in Brentwood helping him assemble a possible campaign team, sources said.

President Bush supported Riordan when he ran for governor last year. But until now, White House officials have kept their distance from the recall.

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1. If Riordan runs it might be all over for Davis

Riordan would have beaten Davis last year. Schwartenegger is not going to run. According to people I know insode the entertainment industry he has an extremely thin skin like many celebrities. A thin skin is death in politics.

I could even deal with Riordon as Governor. He was okay as LA Mayor and his politics are not that far apart from Davis.