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Photo: ABC(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Llanview's mayoral race garners real-world attention from "The Morning Call's" political blog covering the Pennsylvania legislature.
"This one's taking place entirely in the imagination of viewers of the ABC soap 'One Life to Live,' but the residents of Llanview, Pa., are being treated to a brutal mayoral contest between one Viki Davidson (Erika Slezak) and Dorian Cramer Lord (Robin Strasser)," writes John L. Micek, the state house reporter covering the political landscape in Harrisburg (the Commonwealth's capitol city), for "The Morning Call's" political blog Capitol Ideas.
Micek also references a post from the online blog 2 Political Junkies, which says that "This race pits two progressive women against each other. Both have complicated histories with Davidson having suffered with multiple personalities and being the owner of one of the town's two newspapers and Lord having been the campaign manager for the previous mayor who's now in jail awaiting trial for running a drug ring in Llanview. Same-sex marriage is a big issue in this race. While both candidates are in favor of it, Lord married her campaign manager in a mass symbolic same-sex marriage celebration this week and she promises to issue actual marriage licenses to the participants if she is elected. Long time watchers of Lord believe that she is heterosexual and her marriage is a campaign stunt."
According the site, "ABC is reporting a close race with heavy turnout," and that the campaign has drawn widespread discussion on the Internet. "This one reads like a soap opera, folks. But at least neither candidate got their mommy to write a guest endorsement of them in the Llanview Tribune-Gazette (unlike a certain mayoral race in Pittsburgh PA)."
Llanview residents were observed heading to the poles in full force on Election Day, however the race is expected to remain too close for the immediate future. Fortunately, one candidate will soon emerge victorious when it is revealed that she won the race by only a single vote. To further complicate matters, one young man realizes he must keep the identity of the person he voted for a secret in order to keep the peace with his girlfriend. And viewers can bank on the fact that it will create some drama for the teen lovebirds, as well as for the losing candidate.
"One Life to Live" airs Weekdays on ABC. Weeknights on SOAPnet. Check local listings.
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(which would be wonderful, actually). When I skimmed his autobio at B&N a few years ago, he really glossed over his time at Capitol which was a time in his life that I was looking forward to reading about. I don't know if he assumed that most of his readers wouldn't be interested, or if it had more to do with soap shame/stigma. Of course, his HWing stint is widely regarded as fail city.
