I dropped by the Polly’s Pies in Santa Ana today, to pick up a snack, and I happened to see GOP congressional candidate Quang Pham talking to Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s Chief of Staff, Andrew Do.
I overheard something very interesting as I was standing at the counter. Apparently Pham has conducted polling and he is leading his opponents, Assemblyman Van Tran and Anaheim Union High School District Trustee Katherine Smith, by a good margin. Tran is in second and Smith is coming in last.
Smith is the only Republican candidate who has filed her papers to run. Tran and Pham are still holding their signatures, as I understand it.
Was Do offering the support of the Jannies? I wonder. I saw Pham walking with the Jannies at the Tet Parade, but as far as I know Nguyen has yet to formally endorse him.
Many insiders feel that Nguyen herself wants to run for the 47th Congressional District, down the road, so it would be surprising to see her actually helping Pham. She might help him in the primary only to withdraw and do nothing in the general election.
If only I had arrived at Polly’s sooner! I don’t know what else Do and Pham discussed as they were wrapping up when I arrived. Regardless, this could be something for Tran to worry about…
Of course the Jannies will support Quang against the loathsome Tran — the two camps have hated each other for years.
But, Andrew Do is a snake and I’d be disappointed if Quang is getting in bed with them. He’d impress some people if he stayed independent of them and prove that Janet’s endorsement is worthless. Given the fight she’ll have getting re-elected, she’d benefit from staying neutral and not alienating her own community.
If Sanchez wins (which she could if she backed off her support of Obama and healthcare which will screw her constituency), Tran would run again in 2012 and Janet would be left to defend her Supervisorial seat, having won it by only three votes.
Pham shouldn’t be so stupid as to talk business at Polly’s!
Andrew Do works in Santa Ana. Andrew Do lives in Santa Ana. Andrew Do eats in Santa Ana. Andrew Do is the most flagrant lying atrocity to hit local politics since ..well..Janet Nguyen. The sooner the 2 of them are sent packing, the better. How did such juvenile thieving thugs ever get elected. Thank you not to all who voted them in. What were you not thinking. oh, right they are Vietnamese, let’s vote for them..daadoodaadoodahdooduhduhduhdoodahdoo…
Did I not read on Bolsavik this morning that Quang Pham is dropping out of the primary?