Meg Whitman has proven that all else being equal it sure is nice to be rich. After spending $68-per-vote to win the Republican nomination she is now turning her sights, her $90,000/month campaign manager and her platitudes on Jerry Brown. Her win was impressive, if not predictable considering the over seventy million of her personal fortune that she poured into the race. She won all of California's counties and bested her opponent over two-to-one in votes. Already, Democrats are expressing their concerns about facing an opponent with a massive war chest at a time where the national mood could be souring on anyone seen as an insider. But not to worry - I put my money on Moonbeam.
Why would Democrats be optimistic in a race like this? Anyone that can remember Wikipedia footnote Al Checchi of the 1998 California Gubernatorial race should know why. After spending tens of millions of his personal fortune, running as an outside candidate (touting his business background including chairmanship of a major airline) and shattering spending records he was, well, trounced. The victor, Jerry Brown's former Chief of Staff Gray Davis focused on a simple message: "experience money can't buy." For his 2010 bid, Brown would do well looking into his protégé's strategy - although he should stop short of learning about gubernatorial recalls from him.
More...
0 comments
Post a Comment