Horse manure.
Poisner has "already explained"?? Oh yeah - - his wife is a Democrat. Oh, well then....
Whitman would have an advantage as the "newcomer". She can explain away her contributions to Democrats as normal extortion (ie., "the cost of doing business"). On the other hand, what's with the contribution to that scumbag Cantwell?
Whatever. The choice between Whitman and Poisner is no better than a choice between pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. I certainly hope a conservative emerges from somewhere.
My guess: Whitman is part of the gay rights lobby.