Dems pile on local Mitt Romney appearance

Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney was at the Valley Plaza shopping center in North Hollywood today, using it as a photo op for some claim about jobs and the economy. The Democrats aren't taking it lightly. Local Democratic Party chair Eric Bauman and Councilman Paul Krekorian scheduled a rebuttal right afterward, on the same spot. And now Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is holding a conference call with reporters as we speak, flacked by the Democratic National Committee as a "rapid response" on Romney's record.