Whitman loses 50-point lead in CA primary

HotAir ^ | May 11, 2010 | Ed Morrisey

[Fred]

Meg Talks Trash on Gov. Palin

[ansel12]

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

[gunsequalfreedom]

...do know it is one of the most dynamic companies in CA which grew tremendously on her watch and helped create thousands of jobs and businesses.

In the name of profits for ebay, she allowed many, many people to be hurt financially.

Case in point. There was a company on ebay called Bargainland Liquidation. That company purchased store returns, mostly non-working defective product that looked new but did not work. The company then sold the merchandise on ebay. Complaints were registered to ebay - many that made it to Whitman via ebay member committees. They were ignored.

Bargainland simply contributed too much money to ebay's bottom line and Whitman's salary.

With no action by ebay to reign in Bargainland, the company got more brazen, setting up double payment scams and sending out absolute jumk product. Thousands of consumers got ripped off and ebay continued to do nothing. Intensive efforts by ebay users could not get ebay and Whitman to act.

If those are her ethics then, they are her ethics now. We have enough politicians selling out our state and country for the sake of their personal gain. We don't need the likes of Whitman.

Ironically, harmed buyers took their complaints to the AZ attorney general.

Here is a link that will give you a taste of what Whitman refuesd to deal with.

http://reviews.ebay.com/Beware-of-Bargainland-liquidation_W0QQugidZ10000000001679212"

[Gen. Burkhalter]

Well, I have pretty much decided to vote for Poizner. AZ did it for me. I don’t think he is a particularly strong candidate, though. Tom McClintock is currently making a much better case for Poizner than Poizner could ever do from himself. Wish McClintock was running! I would vote for him in heart beat.

[kiltie65]

“Awww...Gee Meg, ya’ couldn’t buy the nomination?”

Well put. She has spent $59 million of her own money so far, while Poizner has somewhere in the area of $19 million to spend on his entire campaign, mostly donations. We all saw what happens when someone buys an election (Obummer). Elections aren’t bought with the good of the people in mind...serious paybacks are expected.

[steveo]

He tends to whine a lot.

[absalom01]

The CRA endorsement list, FYI:

CRA Endorsements for the
June 2010 Primary Election

U.S. Senate Chuck DeVore
Governor Steve Poizner
Lt. Governor Sam Aanestad
Attorney General John Eastman
Secretary of State Damon Dunn
State Treasurer Mimi Walters
State Controller Tony Strickland
Supt of Public Instruc. Diane Lenning
Bd of Equalization, Dist 2 George Runnner
Bd of Equalization, Dist 3 Michelle Steel
Proposition 13 YES
Proposition 14 NO
Proposition 15 NO
Proposition 16 YES
Proposition 17 YES

[Smogger]

Poizner? Never saw a tax he didn’t like.

[La Enchiladita]

Yes, McClintock does a fine job as usual. I recall his own ads when he was running in the gobernatorial primaries, the best political ad ever imo, with him in his Scottish tartan kilt talking about fiscal responsibility. It was great!!

[La Enchiladita]

Whitman deserves to tank. If you think her radio ads are fingernails on a chalkboard (and I do), you should see her toxic TV ads: genuinely repulsive.

Poizner’s ads, on the other hand, are only getting better. I can’t believe he is now campaigning openly vs. illegal immigration... hope he has a crack security detail.

[La Enchiladita]

I was thinking he should... I hope that is next.

[kgrif_Salinas]

I think the add with Tom Mcclintock is a big game changer. Tom, now Congressman, is seen as a REAL Conservative by the most in California. His add attacking Whitman is hurting her badly.

KMG, Salinas, CA

[Carry_Okie]

The McClintock ad did it.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Whitman caught in another immigration flip flop. Announces she would have opposed California Proposition 187, a voter initiative to cut off public benefits to illegal aliens.

Read this just after hearing her ad that she will not support public benefits to illegal aliens.

Whitman is sinking fast. She tried to make in on an early barrage of silly, childish negative ads. When it comes to substance, she is caught.

[gunsequalfreedom]

I think Congressman Tom McClintock’s excellent commercials on behalf of Steve Poizner have helped dramatically.

Definately!

[gunsequalfreedom]

I've met the guy on a few occassions, listened to his stump speech and had a chance to ask him questions. There are precious few true conservatives in this world - I dare say there could be more on here - but on the finanical side, I believe he was ahead of the curve in cutting his budget at the State and that his position on illegal immigration is not one of convenience.

I pressed him on the issue of his budget. The rap out of Whitman about that is Whitman media spin.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Whitman, I think, is the more dynamic candidate and has a lot sound policy ideas including much needed welfare reform. If she could run CA half as well as she ran Ebay, CA would benefit.

You do not know anything about how ebay was run under Whitman it sounds like to me. She most certainly did not run it well.