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Walking is no longer considered an essential activity unless you are engaging in the type of walking His Majesty Eric Garcetti in his infinite wisdom deems worthy.

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Well, none of you have yelled at me. So I assume things are fine. Or you are being respectful of spoilers. Or everything is too much and focusing on even a silly book is impossible. All of those are valid.

Personally, I am marathoning more Poirot while donating to Mutual Aid Funds for the people in the cities that have been locked down by cowardly, pos, fascist mayors and sheriffs.

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Has a mayor ever made the jump to serious presidential candidate like Eric Garcetti might in 2020?

No, definitely not. In fact, only three Presidents have ever served as Mayor at any point in their political careers:

•Andrew Johnson served as Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee from 1834-1838, but that was over 30 years prior to his election as Vice President and assumption of the Presidency following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. Between his mayoral term and his Presidency, Johnson had spent nearly 10 years in both chambers of the Tennessee State Legislature, five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms as Governor of Tennessee, nearly five years in the U.S. Senate (where he was the only Southern Senator who remained loyal to the Union), and three years as Military Governor of Tennessee at the request of President Lincoln until being asked to join Lincoln’s unity ticket in 1864.

•Grover Cleveland served as Mayor of Buffalo, New York for most of the calendar year of 1882. That was just three years prior to Cleveland’s inauguration for his first term as President in March 1885, but Cleveland served as Governor of New York immediately before his Presidential election. Cleveland became a national figure and a prospective contender for the Presidency due to his popularity and his substantial accomplishments in office despite serving just two years as Governor of New York, and that success was what propelled him to the White House so quickly.

•Calvin Coolidge served as Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts throughout 1910 and 1911 in between his service in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907-1908) and Massachusetts State Senate (1912-1915). Earlier in his political career, Coolidge had also served in local government as City Solicitor during most of time as a member of the Northampton City Council (1898-1902) and spent a year as clerk of the courts in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, but actually lost a race for the Northampton school board in 1904 -- the only time in his entire life that Coolidge ever lost an election. But Coolidge also didn’t springboard into national prominence due to his success in local government elections. He had served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and then Governor of Massachusetts before his nomination and election as Vice President in 1920 and his assumption of the Presidency upon President Harding’s death in August 1923.

It’s also worth noting that Theodore Roosevelt lost his campaign for Mayor of New York City in 1886. Roosevelt was just 31 years old and had spent the better part of the previous two years in the Dakota Territory while grieving the death of his first wife shortly after she gave birth to his first child. Despite his age, Roosevelt had made a name for himself in the New York State Assembly prior to his wife’s death, but decided not to seek re-election during the grief-stricken months that followed. Roosevelt’s made a better showing in the Mayoral election than had been expected, but he worried that his third-place finish in the race had snuffed out his meteoric rise in politics. By his 43rd birthday, however, Roosevelt had made an impact as a member of the Civil Service Commission, as New York City Police Commissioner, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as a military leader and bona fide war hero in the Spanish-American War, as Governor of New York, as Vice President of the United States, and by becoming the youngest President in American history when President McKinley was assassinated.

So, being Mayor -- or, in TR’s case, losing a bid to become Mayor -- has not been a traditional stepping stone to the Presidency. But that doesn’t mean that an intriguing candidate like Eric Garcetti can’t or shouldn’t try to make the leap in 2020. There’s a perfect storm of good reasons why he could do it -- he’s a fresh face in a party that desperately needs fresh leadership. He’s not saturated by the stink of Washington, D.C. which becomes more-and-more toxic for potential candidates by the day. He’s leading the second-largest city in the country capably, connects with a wide-variety of constituencies easily, and not only has high approval ratings for the job he’s doing but is actually likable. He’s not just another old white guy -- Garcetti would be the first President born after the assassination of John F. Kennedy (he’ll be 49 in 2020), the first Jewish President, and the first Latino to serve as President (he speaks fluent Spanish). He’s a pretty impressive candidate -- a Rhodes Scholar who studied at Oxford and the London School of Economics and graduated from Columbia with a Master’s degree; a former teacher at Occidental and USC; a member of the U.S. Navy Reserves. He’s the anti-Trump, and he’s in the unique position of being able to raise his profile nationally while continuing to accomplish real things on a community and local level as Mayor, which will only help him if he ends up against Trump in 2020. Mayors aren’t usually seen as potential Presidential contenders, but most Mayors don’t have the credentials of Eric Garcetti and only one Mayor leads a bigger city than Garcetti (New York City’s Bill de Blasio who isn’t on anybody’s list for national office). Garcetti’s political future is bright, but there are a lot of younger California Democrats who that could be said about. That’s another reason why Garcetti may want to run for President in 2020. California will have a Governor just a year into their first term and there’s a good chance that both of California’s U.S. Senate seats will be filled by fresh candidates with Kamala Harris in one and a fresh face in the seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein. If those three positions have been locked down for the immediate future by younger, more energetic California Democrats, Garcetti’s best option -- and maybe only option -- for moving up to a more influential, more powerful position could be either President or Vice President. He’s not going to remain as Mayor of Los Angeles forever, and if the Presidency or Vice Presidency are the only potential jobs for a California Democratic seeking upward mobility, then Garcetti should definitely go for it.