May 25, 2010, 12:12 AM
Two weeks before the primary, the Republican contest for governor is a blowout again, with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman surging to a 27-point lead, 54-27, over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. That’s according to SurveyUSA, the same pollster that, two weeks ago, reported that...
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May 20, 2010, 12:07 AM
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has suffered a “stunning drop” in voter support in her race for the Republican nomination for governor of California, according to results of a statewide survey released last night by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute. Less than a month before the...
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May 13, 2010, 12:10 AM
On Saturday, April 10, Steve Poizner, the state insurance commissioner and Republican candidate for governor, spoke to an audience of only 130 people in Modesto. A Los Angeles Times/USC poll released the previous week showed Poizner trailing GOP rival Meg Whitman by 40 points. Meanwhile,...
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May 3, 2010, 12:06 AM
In last night’s Republican gubernatorial debate, the topic of front runner Meg Whitman’s ties to the Goldman Sachs investment bank – as corporate director, investor and beneficiary of campaign donations and insider stock deals – came up three times in 60 minutes. ...
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April 29, 2010, 12:06 AM
Her ties to Goldman Sachs may have slowed her momentum, but GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is coming off a successful quarter – at least when it comes to campaign finance. In the three months ending April 26, Whitman raised an impressive $23.3* million, state records show. ...
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April 28, 2010, 12:04 AM
Sixteen days after California Watch and the San Francisco Chronicle reported on her multiple ties to the Goldman Sachs investment bank, Meg Whitman finally broke her silence Tuesday, giving an interview to the AP. But the GOP candidate for governor was still reticent, providing fewer insights...
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April 26, 2010, 12:07 AM
Political advisers to GOP front-runner Meg Whitman believe a candidate’s connection to the Goldman Sachs investment bank is a cause for concern – at least, if the candidate is Democrat Jerry Brown. This weekend the LA Times began zeroing in on how the issue of Goldman Sachs, the...
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April 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
On April 11, California Watch and the San Francisco Chronicle combined to report on GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s multiple connections to the Goldman Sachs investment bank – as investor, former corporate director and recipient of insider stock deals and campaign donations....
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April 10, 2010, 8:01 PM
Meg Whitman touts her experience at eBay, the online auction house that made her rich, but her career and personal fortune are entwined with another major company: Goldman Sachs, the investment bank at the heart of America’s financial meltdown.
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April 8, 2010, 12:06 AM
Meg Whitman has put more money into her own gubernatorial campaign than every single person who ran for governor nationwide in 2007 and 2008 put into their own campaigns – combined – according to a study released this week by the National Institute on Money in State Politics. ...
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April 1, 2010, 12:08 AM
A day before its official release, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner's book has shot up to No. 8 on Amazon.com's bestseller list, up more than 256,000 spots from its ranking last week. Apparently the book -- which chronicles Poizner's time teaching at a San Jose high...
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April 1, 2010, 12:08 AM
Meg Whitman declared earlier this week that she would force her attorney general to fight health care reform, wading into a debate that’s eliciting fascinating conflicts and conclusions in numerous states. Before we peer across the California border, though, take a moment for a hat tip...
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March 26, 2010, 12:06 AM
With the release of their most recent round of campaign finance reports and the seemingly ceaseless barrage of television advertising, there has been much talk lately about the differences in momentum Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner have built up heading into June’s primary. By most...
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March 24, 2010, 9:05 PM
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has built a 50-point lead over rival Steve Poizner in the Republican governor’s race and has edged past Democrat Jerry Brown as well, says a Public Policy Institute of California survey released Wednesday. The survey of about 1,100 likely voters also shows...
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March 19, 2010, 12:07 AM
When it comes to California's landmark global warming law, gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is now at odds with the environmentally conscious company she helped run for nearly a decade. EBay has been a prominent business supporter of the carbon-reduction law signed by Gov. Arnold...
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