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Today’s introduction comes from Adam Nagourney, the Times’s Los Angeles bureau chief.

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As a rule, politicians who are thinking about running for president tend to be coy. It builds the drama and encourages the “Are you running?” speculation. And should that exploration turn up evidence that running for president is a dumb idea — it happens — it’s easier to step away.

Not Eric M. Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles. He is making no secret that he — as unlikely as it may seem, given his lack of national experience — is considering a race for the White House.