Meg Whitman vs Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer vs Carly Fiorina?

by NowPublic Staff | June 8, 2010 at 03:14 pm
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Race For California Governor and Senator:  California Primary Results, Who Will Win?

If Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina win the Republican Primaries for California Governor and the candidacy for Senate then it will be unusual for Republicans and a challenge for Democrats. Barbara Boxer is up for re-election as the Senator from California while Jerry Brown is a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination for the Governor of California.

Meg Whitman is the former CEO of eBay. Carly Fiorina is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Both have immense personal fortunes. Both Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina have invested millions into their respective runs for win the Republican nominations - with the GOP being more closely contested the Democratic races.


Yet the top Republican races surmounted all others in terms of drama and dollars. The GOP governor's primary has obliterated the record for the most expensive primary in the state's history. As of May 22, former eBay chief Meg Whitman had spent more than $80 million — including $71 million of her own money — in her first quest for public office. Her opponent Steve Poizner, the state insurance commissioner, had put in $24 million of his own money.

Carly Fiorina's the front runner has been acting like she has already won the GOP Senate Nomination as she easily outspent her opponents Rep. Tom Campbell and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.

Carly Fiorina also had the benefit of a Sarah Palin endorsement and a last minute Sarah Palin Robo-Call


Hi. This is Sarah Palin calling for the Carly for California campaign. I’m calling to ask you to vote for Carly Fiorina, the commonsense conservative running for United States Senate. You know thankfully Carly is not a career politician. She’s a businesswoman who knows from personal experience that when government grows, the private sector shrinks. Carly is the conservative who has the best chance to beat liberal Sen. Barbara Boxer.

The Republicans are hoping their candidates will have the momentum to beat the thrice elected Barbara Boxer and the former Governor of California Jerry Brown.

Whatever happens in the California primary on Tuesday the turnout is expected to be light


Turnout for the primary is expected to be relatively light, with perhaps a third of registered voters casting ballots. Of the 16.9 million Californians registered, 40 percent — or 6.8 million — requested vote-by-mail ballots. As of Monday, 1.8 million of those ballots had been returned.

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YankeeJim

Bear in mind that Carla just about trashed HP when she was in charge. She's a salesman and does not belong in government IMO.

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Desert Golfer

I don't even like Carly Fiorina but ANYBODY is better than mean spirited Boxer and I will vote that way.

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F. Johnson

Those piece of shit communist Boxer and Feinshit need to go. They have killed California. I grew up there and watched it all go to hell, with those two at the helm. Any one associated to them is a traitor as they have killed to best economy on the planet. California was the worlds bread basket. Now it's toilet. Back in the 70's my dad had a saying fort Jerry Brown. "If it's Brown, Flush It!"

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BiteMe!

I agree with you. However, I'd like to flush Arnold too.Rep party won't fix it either but rather, business as usual...and that business is to "nail the coffin" on us. I'd like to flush Reagan too with him in the White House. In a way, Reagan got his ultimate justice...in hell. I don't recall 70's and 80's being this out of whack. But I agree with you.

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L. Militzok

You seem to be blaming Senator's Boxer and Feinstein for California's economy . I am sure you have FACTS and Specific votes they made which  destroyed our economy . I look forward to finding out the actions taken by  these two Senators which back up your assertions.Moreover, the California Governor is the person in charge of running California. Not the two US Senators. I find it rather disingenuois for you to go after the two (D) Senators and have no problems with the Governor.

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BiteMe!

You think Meg will fix Ca? Ha! She'll make Arnie look like a infantile on diaper. We are sure to go to hell. Even separate Ca from USA and Ca be pwned by Mexico or China. She'll probly start with Judiciary Court System to corrupt them and then the try to grab ordinary people by our throats. Carly - I never seen her active with her body ever before?! Clapping and sort of raving. I say this because, it's strange, she never physically exerted any kind of enthusiastic motions. Sort of cold and calculating... I've seen her on TV many times but it seems to me that and rely on her mouth and smiles. Anemic and lack of energy.People, stop thinking that Dem are evil so Rep will come to rescue. Have you forgotten how things were under B***? Sure, I've voted for Dem and I and my friends regret, but who's lesser of 2 evils? If she gets in, she'll recover more than 10s of time the money she spent for her campaign. And where will those money come from? At least Jerry Brown spent only a tiny fraction of Meg! And Governor is far from Washington. Just see how Arnie handled all this time. $50k statue in his office? Let corporations "self regulate"? Lol. Don't forget Republicans and corporations are best friends. Same for Democrats but to a lesser degree. I know I don't like it but no good candidates are present.

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Common Sense

What are you talking about BiteMe?1) Your metaphor regarding Whitman making Arnold look like an infant(ile) on a diaper actually plays against the rest of your vomit.  However, just to go with this: tell me one job Meg Whitman has ever screwed up.2) You're telling people not to hate Democrats, but everything you're saying has literally no basis and provides no substantive, factual argument for why people should view Democrats as the lesser of two evils.  It is simple-minded, hateful rhetoric.  It is what is driving this country off a cliff.  Your mentality is fueling the perceived importance of people like Sarah Palin.  Just think about it for a second:  you trying to make people like Democrats because they hate Republicans will either work, or it will annoy the hell out of people because it calls for a purely emotional response rather than one based in logic.  It's got about a 50/50 shot.  For the 50 that you don't appeal to, they're just going to listen to whoever on the other side fires them up most.  If you truly want to do something to help this country, learn something, engage in intelligent debate, get to know the candidates and their histories with an open, non-partisan mind, then vote.3) How bad were things under Bush?  Please, enlighten me.  Tell me how the economic downturn is entirely George Bush's fault.  I'm waiting to hear you deny the irresponsible involvement of Barney Frank/Chris Dodd in the entire housing crisis, which then ended up collapsing our economy.  I'm waiting for you to talk about how we shouldn't have gone to Iraq and then complain about terrorists running out of control or about how much it costs to fuel up your SUV.  Just to be clear, I'm not pinning the fault entirely on the Democrats.  I'm just asking you to take your head out of your rear and realize that while everyone has made mistakes, everyone has also contributed to the success of this country.

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common sense

some of you think that whitman and fiorina are the answer. no wonder cali is the way it is. you neo cons are stupid !!!

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