[calcowgirl]

I received a Club for Growth mailer yesterday saying to vote "no" on Steve Poizner for Insurance Commissioner. I thought that to be odd since they did not give an alternative except to just let a democrat have the job.

For the primary only, I'll be leaving that box blank. Poizner is very liberal. He is also aligned with the venture capitalists (John Doerr, Brooks Byer, Vinod Khosla, Reed Hastings, etc) that have been pushing all of the big-spending bonds on the ballot for such things as stem-cell research, solar roofs, etc. He supported John Kerry and touted an endorsement from his ex-boss, Richard Clarke (White House troublemaker/whistleblower). If I do vote for him in November, I'll need a very large clothespin.

[Wiseghy]

Poizner is a pro-business moderate in a highly liberal state. Even McClintock would agree that leadership requires a spectrum of leaders who can appeal to the complex political make up of California. Note that he is not going to be working on solar panels, but on insurance.

He is also the only one who will advance work-comp reform and move to modernize the DOI. A Dem in that spot could easily destroy this state by unraveling work-comp reform, or pushing for single payor health.