Meg Whitman to run for California Gov...

[WCGreen]

The woman behind EBay wants to take over from Arnold....

Good luck on that...

[camera obscura]

1. She'll do for California what she did for President-Elect McCain

oh wait.

[rurallib]

2. can't wait to see Johnny 72 and Sarahcuda campaigning for her

[WCGreen]

3. That will be funny...

Palin would go over so well in CA...

[DJ13]

4. So all state employees will get paid by Paypal?

[glinda]

5. Put California on Ebay

[ColbertWatcher]

15. It's time to dissuade people of this idea that business people know what they're doing.

Especially in government.

What do we know about Whitman?

For starters, she supported Prop Hate http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8906

Oh, and what did Whitman do at eBay?

One blogger thinks she deserves more scrutiny... http://www.myblogutopia.com/2007/10/meg-whitman-getting-more-criticism-in.html

I say we give Whitman the scrutiny only the internets can.

[Bake]

31. Of course, PayPal will keep a big chunk as a transaction fee ...

PayPal sucks.

Bake

[SoCalDem]

6. Peachy.. another "niche" governor

and y'know what? I have not heard much "buzz" about ANY democrat who might be running..

No doubt we'll have another Bustamante run (boring)
and some mid-level , relatively unknown dems will challenge
there will be somemore divisive "propositions" to bring out all the freeps and we'll be stuck with Gov.e-Bay..another republican:puke:

Look for proportional giveaway of our electoral votes, folks.. that's a republican wet-dream, and gaining ground with the non-thinkers..of both parties..

I had heard that DiFi was interested, but she's not said much lately about it..and she's too old anyway (IMHO)..

Google California governor's race & this is ALL that comes up under the "news" tab:

It's Politics: Sanchez in elite company
Whittier Daily News, CA - Dec 26, 2008
GOVERNOR'S RACE: Rep. Gary Miller has endorsed state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for governor. Miller, R-Diamond Bar, joins state Sen. ...
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NewsBlaze
"Bank on California" Money Laundering Scheme May Bankrupt California
NewsBlaze, CA - Dec 26, 2008
If deported, they will default on loans they take out under the Governor's plan. Deported illegal aliens would have no incentive to continue to pay off ...
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Reviews: Grades 5 & Up
School Library Journal - Jan 1, 2009
Although the teen and her family are largely accepted in their small 1920s community, outsiders come to enforce the governor's decree that Vermont is only ...
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WELT ONLINE
UPI NewsTrack TopNews
United Press International - Dec 10, 2008
The governor's lawyer said his client doesn't plan to resign after being arrested Tuesday on charges he, among other things, tried to sell or barter ...
Video: Obama On Blagojevich Aftermath CBS
12-11-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE Eurweb.com


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see what I mean :(

[Alexander]

9. Gavin Newsom will run. And he will win.

[SoCalDem]

10. I hope you're right..

:)

[Xithras]

11. Sadly, I don't think he would

Newsom has tremendous political support in the Bay Area, but his support wanes quickly once you get out of that region. Support for him in SoCal is soft, and it's practically nonexistent in the redder noncoastal regions.

The problem with Newsom, IMHO, is that he's still identified too closely as a San Francisco politician, which doesn't scale well to the rest of the state. I think he should take a shot at a state assembly seat (which he would win), spend a few years working at the state level, and THEN take a shot at the governors seat. He needs to separate his identity from SF a little first.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. You know what? I don't agree with the idea ...

... that a San Francisco politician is radioactive.

I'm betting that if he were to campaign and people were to get to know him, their ideas about him and San Francisco politicians would change.

After all, another San Francisco politician represents the state in the Senate.

[Xithras]

23. Yes, and DiFi also lost to a Republican when she ran for Gov.

And on these boards, she ranks up there with Lieberman when it comes to popularity. Perhaps not the greatest of examples there.

And I do have to disagree with you about San Francisco politics being radioactive. Have a discussion with a central California environmentalist about SF sometime and you'll probably be shocked at the outright disdain that even many California LIBERALS have for the politicians in that city.

By the way, I'd probably skip a Newsom vote myself over the Hetch Hetchy issue. His attack on environmentalists a few years ago, and his quotes that went along with it, pretty well defined everything wrong with San Francisco politicians. I like his stance on some issues, but he is a classic San Francisco politician in many areas that I just can't ignore.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. I only used DiFi as an example because she was able to win the state.

Showing that at least the majority of the state can elect a San Francisco politician to state-wide office.

But, there's gotta be one San Francisco politician who isn't painted with that "San Francisco politician" brush!

[Xithras]

25. The DiFi thing is interesting.

She lost to Pete Wilson by a fairly wide margin, but won her Senate bid only two years later. Lots of people attributed her victory to the fact that people disliked Seymore, who had been Wilson's appointee to the seat previously.

By the way, we cannot forget, in this discussion, that DiFi herself is reportedly mulling a run for the seat. She's supposedly still somewhat irked over losing it the last time around and is considering a second try. If she throws her hat in, she'll be the nominee. The political machines in the state party will be behind her, and Newsom doesn't have what it takes to run an Obama-like campaign to override the parties internal machinations. She wields an incredible amount of power within the California Democratic Party, while Newsom is largely an outsider to state party politics.

Yet another reason why he should run for another state position before trying to become governor.

[Le Taz Hot]

29. I live in one of the "redder" inland areas of the state.

Trust me, they will see him as a San Francisco politician. Bay Areans in general have a very very very bad habit of looking down their noses at the rest of the state, particularly the farming communities (we stink, we're uneducated, we're "oakies" and "arkies," etc.) so the fact that he's from San Francisco will hurt him. What can I say, Bay Area, you reap what you sow. Additionally, the nutso fundies will only see him as being the "pro-gay" candidate and of course there's nothing worse in their world than being pro hom-I-se-shul.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. What would you say if Boxer ran? n/t

[SoCalDem]

14. we need her more in the senate

:)

[ColbertWatcher]

19. You're correct, of course. n/t

[Taverner]

7. GAVIN FOR GOV!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Oh, good grief...

Another amateur...:eyes:

[ColbertWatcher]

12. She's GOP and filthy rich. Time to inextricably link her to her party. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I agree...

Especially if her views are at all right-wing...

It would be harder if she were a moderate.

I don't know anything about her...

[ColbertWatcher]

20. She deserves it even if ONE of her views is right wing.

Whitman is an unqualified right wing face, who will sit in the office while the strategists (like Rove) give her her orders.

Don't forget, every argument the GOP used to recall Davis are the exact things their Great Aryan Hope did after he took office! From Davis' solution for California's budget problems to Davis' car registration plan. (There's more, but I can't think right now)

Whitman will be a continuation of the failed administration of Schwarzenegger, who was just Pete Wilson in Hollywood makeup.

Our beautiful state cannot afford another GOP politician.

[SoCalDem]

18. or maybe Sarah could relocate here

the R's would love that:)

[Semi_subversive]

16. Garamendi in 2010

Nuff said.

[ColbertWatcher]

21. I agree.

Especially because of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Insurance_Association_v._Garamendi

That tells me the insurance companies don't like him very much, making him a good man in my estimation.

[Semi_subversive]

27. I work for the Department of Insurance

and it's a very different place since he left. He actually cared about what was happening. I don't see a lot of that from the current occupant, and GOP guv possibility.

[Xithras]

26. Garamendi has my vote. He should have every liberals. Certainly every environmentalists

So far, Garamendi is the most qualified of the prospective governors, and has the best liberal credentials. He's also an ardent environmentalist, a backpacker, and a guy with a proven track record of bringing together disparate interests to solve environmental problems.

I just hope DiFi stays out. Garamendi has broad support among the party brass, but that support could evaporate if DiFi steps into the race. That would be a tragedy for California, for the environment, and for liberals nationwide.

Of course, it would get her out of the Senate, which might not be a bad thing either.

[Semi_subversive]

28. If you had the opportunity to work for him,

and get to know him, you'd be a huge fan. I also worked with his wife at the Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency. Both of them are extremely intelligent and caring people. I look forward to working in a Garamendi administration.

[Le Taz Hot]

30. That was my first thought.

I've not done research on him in awhile but he is a pretty boy and we all know us Californians loves us some pretty boys. :shrug:

[JCMach1]

32. The woman who screwed-up eBay