The brand new LA Times poll is quite similar to the PPIC poll (although the governor does substantially worse), showing the two Democratic gubernatorial candidates in a statistical dead heat: Phil Angelides 37%, Steve Westly 34%. In general election matchups, Angelides is tied with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Westly leads Schwarzenegger by 10 percent.
In the Democratic primary for attorney general, Jerry Brown leads Rocky Delgadillo, 60% to 27%.
John Garamendi leads Jackie Speier and Liz Figueroa in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, 30% to 16% and 11%, respectively. Other contested primaries in both parties are very close, largely because voters don’t know much about the candidates.
Movie director Rob Reiner’s tax-the-rich for universal preschool initiative, Proposition 82, clings to a precarious 51% to 43% lead.
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I must have skimmed past it. Sorry, Bill.
Great. I just read this mornings post Angelo’s kids are also trying to buy the Justice Dept…this is total corruption …that what Phil Angelides has allowed his candidacy and campaign to become…totally corrupt…with Angelos’s donation of 8.5 million….This is the film “Chinatown” in play her… everything we love about California is in jeopardy …smart growth & slow growth people wake up before June 6…
Bill, we don’t know the details of the settlement Westly was proposing. The LA Times cites one Republican BOE member that it was to erase the full $23M. I want to know the facts before jumping to conclusions.
Well, the article does quote Westly’s spokesman saying one thing and another board member — who happens to co-chair Westly’s campaign — contradicting that.
“Board member Carole Migden, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco and co-chairwoman of Westly’s gubernatorial campaign, also said she saw no proposal that Barnes & Noble pay any back taxes.”
I have seen a barrage of negative ads throughout the weekend. I felt like they were following me everywhere I went.
As I said in the first post of this thread, it’s time for Westly to step back from the negative stuff, and close with a “Steve Westly is the only one who can beat Arnold” message. That’s the only consistent difference b/t these two Dems. Electibility.
Go for it, Garry.
Didn’t see any positive ads from the Angelides IE?
Bill says: “Didn’t see any positive ads from the Angelides IE?”
Is there one that shows schoolchildren playing in a downpour of dollars?
I guess better late then never the Times get its collective head out if its well ya know and published a story and a commentary on PA showing the unmitigated hypocrisy of his hits on Westly. Pa stalked Cari and then defends it by saying, weakly, gee I never took money from the guy. Pathetic. And oh I must have missed him giving back that Enron money . . .
Humor, Adam?
YES!
Unfortunately, both candidates are running negative ads with hypocritical and misleading elements in them.
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