About my choice in the California gubernatorial primary, I wrote last week, “I always thought I’d just wait until a few days before the primary and vote for whoever was polling better against Moonbeam Brown.” If the latest polls are any indication, that’ll be Meg Whitman: “The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely California voters finds Republican hopeful Whitman and Brown tied with 43% each.” Her chief rival for the GOP nomination runs a full 12 points behind the state’s former Democratic Governor.
Considering that career politician Brown is a “known quantity to California voters, having served as secretary of state, two terms as governor, state Democratic party chairman, mayor of Oakland, and state attorney general“, he would have to be counted as the incumbent in this race, which means undecided voters are likely to break against him.
Looking less and less likely like he’ll have another turn as the Golden State’s chief executive.
(H/t: Jim Geraghty.)
I went to see Meg speak last May and she seems like a solid, reasonable candidate so far. She’s been running ads for a while, the most recent about reforming our welfare state, which has me nodding my head up & down vigorously every time I hear it.
She has also been reaching out to the farmers & Hispanic people in the Central Valley affected by the water shortage created by Enviro-zealots for the sake of the Delta smelt.
I’m still undecided since it’s early, but I hope she continues with a positive campaign focused on fiscal responsibility.