Politics

Riordan calls himself an Obama man

OK, here's a last report (I think) from Tuesday night's Obama funder in Beverly Hills. On his way in to the event, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan — a Republican — said he favored Obama over McCain. "When I was mayor I had dealings with McCain where I didn’t respect him," Riordan told CBS 2. California Faultline, the politics blog for rival station KNBC, has more.

Previously:
Pool reports from Obama event
Text messages from Beverly Hills


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