Consumer Watchdog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The LA Times and Sacbee got this (formerly) confidential memo from McCain-Schwarzenegger guru Mike Murphy to California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner from the summer of '08. It's in the news today because Murphy has just jumped on board Meg Whitman's campaign against Poizner.
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Los Angeles Times reports Meg Whitman (R) hired top GOP strategist Mike Murphy to advise her campaign for California governor, calling him a "trusted friend." However, Whitman's primary rival, Steve Poizner, wasted no time releasing a memo Murphy wrote to Poizner in July 2008 about "the best way to win the primary." "The memo pulls back the curtain...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... was feted by industry leaders at an event raising more than $1 million and co-chaired by directors Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams, and other movers and shakers. It's also been clear for months as studio executives, writers and other Hollywood figures have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the as-yet-undeclared Democratic candidate's campaign. Meanwhile, industry figures contributed...
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... the tough fiscal issues - someone who'll save this state, frankly. So far both Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, the two top prospects for the GOP nomination, have avoided talking deficit politics like it's some kind of budgetary H1N1. (See, " Poor California: No Money and No leadership .") And Attorney General Jerry Brown, so far all alone in the Democratic field, not only...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
If the entertainment industry were allowed to pick California's next governor, there would be no contest: Jerry Brown would win by a landslide. That was made clear this past week as the 71-year-old attorney general was feted by industry leaders at an event raising more than $1 million and co-chaired by directors Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams, and other movers and shakers. It's also been...
