Meg Whitman surpasses $80 million in spending on California governor's race (Will she win?)

Miami Herald ^ | 05/28/2010 | Jack Chang

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman continued her record-shattering spending streak this spring, burning through $33.8 million in about two months, according to a campaign finance statement filed Thursday.

That amount brings the billionaire candidate's spending total to more than $80 million, with $68 million of it coming from her own personal wealth.

The former chief executive officer of online auction firm eBay has said she's prepared to spend as much as $150 million of her own wealth on her campaign.

Whitman had $3.8 million in cash on hand as of May 22.

By comparison, Democratic candidate Jerry Brown had spent $259,582 from March 18 to May 22, bringing his campaign expenditure total to about $320,000. He received $6.8 million in campaign contributions from March 18 to May 22, and $16.7 million from Jan. 1 to May 22, the filing shows.

[NormsRevenge]

No matter who wins, we know who loses..

[douginthearmy]

California is loaded with female liberals running as Republicans this season

You know, I really would have thought Obama, Pelosi and Reid would have convinced us that a left leaning republican is infinitely better than a communist democrat running as a centrist.

[twistedwrench]

She better order more checks

[SaraJohnson]

Total Retards. It is so much better for the GOP to have Democrats bringing down California rather than Rinos.

[Ritemind]

Carly was the one that worked for hp.

Here are the choices for California Republicans in the primary:

Vote for Poizner = a vote for Moonbeam in general election
Vote Chambers? = a vote for Moonbeam in general election
Vote for Miller? = a vote for Moonbeam in general election
Vote for Hughes? = a vote for Moonbeam in general election
Vote Naritelli? = a vote for Moonbeam in general election
Vote for Newman?
Vote for Tully-Smith?

Poizner had to reinvent himself for the primary. He will morph in the general should he win. He has more forms than Odo on Star Trek. If you trust anything he says you deserve to be mislead. Plus he cannot manage. He is less accessible to the public than Obama is to governor of Arizona.