Interestingly, in the 5 yr chart below, ebay has fared much better since Whitman left:
Posted on 08/24/2009 5:12:07 AM PDT by kellynla
SAN FRANCISCO -- After Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced a Democrat in 2003 to become California's governor, fellow Republicans were hopeful the former movie hero's popularity would help arrest a long decline here.
But six years later, Republican voter registration continues to fall, and now many in the party are pegging their hopes on two former corporate chief executives: Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina.
Ms. Whitman, former president and CEO of San Jose-based online-auction company eBay Inc., in February threw her hat into the ring for the 2010 race to succeed Mr. Schwarzenegger when his second and final term as governor ends in January 2011.
Ms. Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., this month registered a campaign committee called "Carly for California" for a potential 2010 challenge against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
The star power of both CEOs is likely to give them some momentum. An August Daily Kos poll gave the 53-year-old Ms. Whitman 24% support among California Republicans ahead of the June 8 primary, topping support for her two main challengers, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell.
A July poll by Rasmussen Reports showed Ms. Boxer with a slim lead of 45% among likely voters to 41% for the 54-year-old Ms. Fiorina in a hypothetical match-up. Ms. Boxer cited that slim lead in a fund-raising letter she sent to potential donors July 29. "We've got our work cut out for us," Ms. Boxer said in the letter.
If one or both Republican women are elected, party officials say, the victory could help rescue the California GOP from a steady slide since its heyday in the 1980s, when Republican Gov. George Deukmejian served two terms and a former governor, Ronald Reagan, was in the White House.
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We can only hope & pray that the Gelding Old Party gets a testicle & spine implant in CA and the rest of America before 11/2010!
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Corporate RINO politician runs for political corporation post.
Wow. I’m excited.
She’ll play the usual RINO ‘Good Mommy’ roll to the Democrats ‘ Abusive Drunk Spendthrift’ roll and clean up, a bit, tidy up a bit, tell us conservatives, “ Now now children, be nice!”
Not to mention she’s all part of Mitt ‘Mr. Conservative’ Romney’s energizer office lusting plan to ooze him into the
White House in a nice, bright shiny, corporatists, fashion.
I’ll take Palin, fight the media, defeat the Democrats and call the lefties immoral, thieving, perverted lying leftist scum....all day long.
Plus, we can’t have when Palin gets the nomination, a HW BUSH liberal grafted on as VP to see that the usual GOP/RNC insiders have back office control. Maybe Dick Cheney can come back for another two terms.
Palin/Cheney ‘12
Let Mitt be ambassador to Fwance. He’s been there before and no one will notice the lack of spine.
What a good line for describing Arnuld's lap dogs!
Interestingly, in the 5 yr chart below, ebay has fared much better since Whitman left:
Thank you for the graph on Whitman. Now we need one for Carley. Her whole career was based on the ‘triumph of hope, over reality’. She did a real number on HP - that Hurd has been semi-successful in reversing - primarily by dumping US employees as fast as he can and moving the company off-shore.
Nowadays,PC trumps reality!
Another catchy slogan would be "Not as dumb and incompetent as Boxer!" Which one do you like better?
Excellent!! Decisions, decisions....I go for Box #1! but it is a tough choice. Thank you.
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