Not a huge surprise but significant nonetheless…

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for President.

From the LA Times:

A popular figure in the nation’s second-largest city, analysts expect Villaraigosa to have a promising future in national politics or in statewide office in California. He is widely popular among Hispanic voters, who make up an increasingly large percentage of Democratic voters in California and many other states. In 2004, 21 percent of California voters were Hispanic, according to exit polls there.

Villaraigosa’s endorsement of Clinton is not unexpected; he lavished praise on the New York senator at a campaign event in Los Angeles in March, calling her campaign “fighting for a brighter and cleaner future for all our children.” And last month, his top political consultant, Ace Smith, joined the Clinton campaign as its California director.

What do you think…could be a very interesting choice for VP for HRC? Thoughts on this?