Should Hillary Dump Antonio?

A Huffington Post blogger thinks so. In a column today, Mona Gable writes on the progressive news/opinion Web site that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should give back Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's endorsement if she wants to win in California.

Antonio, she says, just isn't very popular any more. There's the failed school reform bill, the May Day melee with LAPD, the loss of the 2016 Olympics to Chicago and, apparently, he's not very nice to waiters (?). But it's the announcement of his pending divorce with his wife of 20-years, Corina, that's the final straw for Antonio.

"And now we have the split from his wife Corina over an alleged affair. Ah, me. When Antonio was Assembly Speaker, I covered him for a brief time in Sacramento. You could hardly walk down a Capitol hallway without hearing titters about his philandering. So when the mayor's office issued a press release last week announcing the breakup with his wife, it was hardly earth shattering. And that's where Antonio should have left it: with a nice dignified press release. But no. He had to hold a press conference, he had to bring in the cameras. He loves the cameras. And he had to trot out two daughters from previous relationships to stand beside him."