Anonymous ID: 0917e2 June 18, 2018, 9:15 p.m. No.1808215   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/21/1743596/-Why-is-this-seasoned-operative-running-an-invisible-campaign-for-California-governor-No-one-knows

 

So why would we even care about such a seeming Some Dude? In large part it's because Renteria is a seasoned operative who's served as Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenowโ€™s chief of staff, was national political director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and just finished a stint as a top aide to state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. It's therefore almost inexplicable why someone with a background like this would launch a campaign that doesn't even rise to the level of "quixotic." As the Times notes, Renteria's decision was so odd that itโ€™s "stoked conspiracy theories," though the paper seems too polite to suggest what any of those theories might be.

 

Politico, however, was only too happy to oblige. In sum and substance, some backers of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, one of the leading Democrats in the race, say they fear that Renteria is a "spoiler" or "stalking-horse" designed to peel Latino votes away from Villaraigosa in the Central Valley, where she's from and ran for Congress.