Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman traveled remarkably similar paths to becoming candidates for governor of California. Born and educated in other states, they made their way to California's Silicon Valley and stunning success – he in adapting GPS technology to cell phones, she in creating a new retail marketplace in the ether. Both came late to politics but, not surprisingly, adopted the Silicon Valley model of capitalistic, but pragmatic, social moderation. Both had that image, one potentially salable to the state's fickle electorate, as they began to seek the Republican nomination. Billionaire Whitman opted for political blitzkrieg, spending tens of...