UPDATE: Turns out that it’s 4PM Eastern, so tune into CNN at 1PM in California.



The twittershpere is abuzz with the news that LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce whether he is going to run today. Politico lets us know that Mayor V will be appearing on Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room today at 4 PM to talk about the governor’s race.

To which I say: Wolf Blitzer? Situation Room? It’s hardly The Tonight Show. Or Rachel Maddow even.

I’ve been saying for quite a while that I thought Mayor Villaraigosa was not going to run for Governor. His relationship history, which all in all really isn’t that bad, and some strange timing just leads this observer to think that he has other plans.  And, the Bee’s observation about the Mayor’s new gig at the Conference of Mayors meaning that he probably wouldn’t run have some validity as well.

At any rate, if you are so inclined, tune to CNN’s the Situation Room at 4 to hear the big news, or lack thereof.