Meg Whitman declines April debate

SaC bee ^ | 3/18/10 | Amy Chance

[NormsRevenge]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has declined an invitation from The Sacramento Bee editorial board and FOX 40 to participate in a debate with GOP rival Steve Poizner.

The Bee offered four possible dates in April, all of which the Whitman campaign rejected. The national FOX News Network had offered anchor Brett Baier to moderate the debate, and Poizner had agreed to attend.

[NormsRevenge]

Who needs to debate when ya can saturate the air waves instead with ads and are over 20 points ahead in the polls?

We've seen this script before.. or is it just me ?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

West Coast version of Martha Coakley.

[mgstarr]

She has little to gain, he has everything.

As for the voters...

[pogo101]

I gotta admit, I wouldn’t debate either if I were holding her position in the polls and campaign-budgets.

Sure, debating practice will be handy for the general election season, but she can get that practice in private “murder boards” without risking a gaffe debating Poizner.

I’m no Whitman fan but am resigned to a lefty GOP winning the nomination, Poizner or Whitman. So there’s little to lose (as there is little to gain).

[Argus]

Did she tell them to go to Talktothemeg.com?

[JoeFromCA]

Like it or not (and I haven’t studied their positions well enough to know), Whitman has already defeated Poznier via her ad campaign. The question now will be whether she can beat Brown, who is not well funded at this point.

[Eterna1Soldier]

That’s because she’s WAYYYY ahead of any potential rival.

OT: When is the Rubio and Crist debate on Fox going to occur?

[craigster_nc]

If she is to scared to debate she sure is to weak to lead.

[ansel12]

This will give you a snapshot of who she is.

video-Meg Whitman: Romney handpicked me and "I'm A Huge Fan Of Van Jones"

[pogo101]

Poizner donated thousands to Al Gore. (NOT that I am saying, “so you should support Whitman instead.” I actually think Poizer is a little less leftist. He’s endorsed by Tom McClintock, who surely must know that Whitman is likely to trounce Poizner.)