Starting their surrogate role
The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama turned to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, to serve as surrogates for his reponse to the new Spanish language ads by Sen. John McCain.
Villaraigosa, of course, was a high profile national co-chair of the campaign for Sen. HIllary Clinton.
The mayor and Obama met recently in Miami where he pledged his support to the presumed Demoratic nominee.
The full statements are after the jump?
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