Some of the same Democratic powerbrokers who for decades have dominated the city’s political agenda are now in a quandary because the party’s mainstream options – including Gov. Gray Davis himself – seem less than inspiring.
“It’s chaos,” says “Forrest Gump” producer Steve Tisch, who backed Al Gore in 2000 and was a stalwart Bill Clinton supporter in the ’90s. “A lot of Democrats right now are in a state of mild shock.”
Though Republicans like Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck and producer Jerry Weintraub have managed to thrive in the film industry, conservatives have, for the most part, been banished to pariah status amid the west side parties and fund-raisers that take place nightly.
That may all be changing. Indeed, some of those who are leaning toward abandoning Davis are torn between Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger or Independent Arianna Huffington.
Allan Mayer, an image consultant and partner at Sitrick and Co., a Los Angeles-based public relations group that advises corporations and celebrities on crisis management, says “My sense is that this is an uncertain situation right now for high-level studio executives and the political players among the actors,” he continued, “None of them can really figure out which way the wind is blowing, so until a conventional wisdom descends on the town, I don’t think too many people in Hollywood are going to talk on the record about who they’re supporting.”
I must agree with him on the point he made about not many people in Follywood talking on record about who they are supporting in the recall. In many ways it is refreshing that for once they are in a mild state of shock to the point they are finally being quiet.
I’m not sure how long this glorious silence will last – - However, I do know I’ll enjoy it while I can and await the moment that someone stands up for them and makes a decision they can all follow – - because the silence will be shattered.
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