I haven't paid attention to this race. But, it looks interesting. Looks like there is a June GOP primary between billionaires Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman. Attorney General Jerry Brown is the only Democrat candidate running for Governor. Brown will have to await the winner of June primary. But, here is the latest:
Meg says no to a TV debate but launches a new Poizner attacks via mail:
GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has for months been carpetbombing state TV airwaves -- and her GOP challenger Steve Poizner -- and now she's taking the campaign to your mailbox. But while she's sending out hundreds of thousands of attack mailers across California, the billionaire former eBay CEO has so far declined two more big opportunities to talk directly to voters -- in major statewide debates.
Whitman has officially turned down the joint invitation to a statewide debate from Bay Area-based KTVU Channel 2 news, The San Francisco Chronicle and KQED-FM. The May 11 debate was slated for statewide broadcast on television and radio stations across California. Poizner had already agreed to that event.
And, Whitman has apparently reneged on her on-air promise to Northern California talk show icon Ronn Owens to do a debate on his KGO-810 AM morning show, according to station sources.
Producer Mark Silverman has been working for months on the matter since the GOP candidate publicly promised Owens on his show late last year to return and debate. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=59501#ixzz0inQWtZvO
Brown has unveiled his new line of attack:
OAKLAND – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown unveiled a new, populist line of attack Saturday by portraying himself as the defender of working Californians against Wall Street business titans profiting off the woes of ordinary people.
In his speech to Service Employees International Union members, Brown repeatedly linked his Republican rivals, and in particular front-runner Meg Whitman, to corporate interests, who he said had sent the nation's economy into recession.
"We hear from a lot of conservative circles: It's the people who work for the people, the firefighters, the nurses, the hospital workers, the janitors, these are the people who caused our problems – not true," Brown told a gathering at Oakland's Marriott City Center hotel and hundreds more around the state via a video link.
"The folks of Wall Street who cost the United States over $11 trillion, they've created the problem," he said.
"And we are the ones who suffer."
Whitman, the billionaire former CEO of online auction firm eBay, has pledged to cut back the state's welfare program and has targeted state employees in her speeches, accusing them of defending their benefits and compensation despite multibillion-dollar state budget deficits. The other major Republican gubernatorial candidate, Steve Poizner, has also pledged to take on public employee unions if elected.
Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/21/1867142/jerry-brown-takes-on-populist.html#ixzz0inPgPXm4
Check out the political ads from all three candidates:
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Mama put her name in for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and made the first cut. But, she is now done as they cut the list down to seventeen.
I didn't know Mama was interested in politics. Who knew? Maybe she will try again next time.
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