Zugzwang in LA Mayoral Race

With the announcement that Bob Hertzberg has endorsed Antonio Villaraigosa to be the next Mayor of Los Angeles, that electoral contest now resembles a classic position in chess known as zugzwang. As a pretty good chessplayer myself, I can recognize zugzwang when I see it. Hahn is in a zugzwang position. What that means is Hahn must do something, and whatever he does will make his position worse, and he will lose. Most advanced players would resign when faced with a lost position. It will be interesting to see what Hahn's reaction is. For Villaraigosa, it is not as advantageous as having checkmate, but that will happen on May 17!