MORE ON: Meg Whitman

Following a civil debate with fellow GOP gubernatorial Steve Poizner on Monday, Republican front-runner Meg Whitman yesterday dropped an expanded manifesto outlining the key policy goals she will no doubt be pressing as her campaign moves forward. A black-and-white, academic policy paper... + read more

Alleged billionaire Meg Whitman has reported investments "in firms that sought to profit from the country's credit crisis, in venture capital and hedge funds open only to the wealthy, and in oil, gas, healthcare and other concerns seeking to influence state policy," as the L.A. Times... + read more

At least 19 campaign donors have given money to both Republican gubernatorial candidates, with slightly more large donations going to Meg Whitman than her rival for the GOP nomination, Steve Poizner, campaign reports filed this week show. The lone Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Jerry... + read more

California voters will carry plenty of baggage into the 2010 election. A jobless rate higher than the national average. A budget deficit bordering on apocalyptic. But lurking in the shadows is another emotional issue: privacy. Don't expect the 2010 campaign narrative to focus extensively on... + read more