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Steve Poizner

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Christmas Miracle: Garry South Admits He Was Wrong

    Garry South regrets the error​During the governor's race, few Democrats were as pessimistic about Jerry Brown as Garry South was. South, who built his reputation on Gray Davis' campaign in 1998, repeatedly disparaged the Brown campaign and predicted a Meg Whitman victory.Amazingly, he has written ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Meg Whitman And Jerry Brown First Debate Smackdown; Their Goal: Don't Say Anything Stoopid

    ​As Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman debate for the first time tonight at 6 on ABC 7 in Los Angeles, advisers are no doubt deep in fear, hoping their candidates avoid: 1)Saying something stupid that can be used in an advertisement, ala, Gerald Ford's gaffe in a 1976 debate that Poland wasn't under th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Meg Whitman Trumps Michael Bloomberg On Absurd, Neo-Gilded Age Campaign Spending

    Michael Bloomberg: cheapskate​A year ago, it would have been hard to imagine anyone making New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg look thrifty. He set a record in 2009 by putting $108 million of his own money into his re-election campaign.But Meg Whitman has shattered that mark, spending $119 million of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Meg Whitman Woos Latinos, Says She's Against Arizona's Immigration Law

    ​Even before she won the Republican primary after a dog fight with opponent Steve Poizner to determine who was more vehemently against illegal immigration, it was predicted that gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman would start to move left on the issue because the Latino vote in California is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    U.S. Mayors Pass Villaraigosa's Resolution Condemning Arizona Immigration Law

    ​A resolution by L.A. leader Antonio Villaraigosa urging Arizona to repeal its controversial immigration law was passed this week at the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Villaraigosa's document, which called the desert state's legislation "unconstitutional and un-American," also encouraged federal i ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    Meg Whitman's Uphill Battle

    She's fashionable as an outsider, but that guarantees nothing against Jerry Brown

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Mama Grizzlies Come Out Of Hibernation for Whitman

    Meg Whitman beat Steve Poizner by almost 40 points​Ruth Singlyn, 52, is a homemaker from Westlake Village. She never got involved in a political campaign until this year, when she decided she had to phone bank for Meg Whitman."She's a businesswoman and a mother," Singlyn said at the Whitman victor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Proposition 15 fails miserably because California voters can't stomach paying to elect jerks

    Wow, California voters really, really hate Proposition 15 and the idea of publicly financing political campaigns, despite the $105 million spent by Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, and the up to $300 million Jerry Brown and Whitman will now spend thrashing each other.littlestar.infoWhose cash gets eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Minuteman Assembly Candidate Leads By 40 Votes

    Tim Donnelly basks in the glory of Sheriff Joe​There weren't too many surprises in L.A. County legislative races. But there is an upset brewing in the 59th Assembly District, where Minuteman/Tea Party candidate Tim Donnelly is beating establishment Republican Chris Lancaster by a mere 40 votes.Don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Schwarzenegger's Tuesday Voting Attempt A Fail

    ​Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got a do-over Tuesday morning when his ballot was rejected because he apparently voted for two U.S. Senate candidates instead of one (Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner?). The fail in Brentwood was caught on Fox 11 News live. The governor was apparently given two choices ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Jack Nicholson Could Be Wearing Green If Lakers Lose Series

    ​Jack Nicholson must wear an all-green outfit and tape an advertisement touting the virtues of Boston if the Los Angeles Lakers lose the NBA championship to the Boston Celtics, according to a wager between Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Should the Lakers win, Bosto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Stick A Fork in Steve Poizner: Field Poll Shows Him Down By 26

    ​The Republican gubernatorial primary is shaping up like a blowout basketball game. One team comes in heavily favored and jumps to a big early lead. The underdog puts up a fight in the third quarter and makes it interesting -- only to collapse utterly in the fourth.That's where we are with Steve P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Immigration 'The Only Issue' For Tuesday's California Gubernatorial Primary

    Republican frontrunner Meg Whitman.​The issue of immigration has "hijacked" the platforms of Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner as they head toward Tuesday's primary in California, and that could hurt the winner's efforts against Democrat Jerry Brown in November's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Sheriff Joe Endorses Poizner for Governor

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio​When you're down by 26 points, it's time to bring out the big guns.Today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced that he has been endorsed by Joe Arpaio, the immigrant-busting sheriff of Maricopa County. In his effort to outflank Meg Whitman, Poizner has endo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Steve Poizner Joins L.A. Supervisor Antonovich To Express Support For Arizona Immigration Law

    Mike Antonovich.​Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner joined Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich at a press conference Wednesday to support Arizona's controversial immigration law and to decry the county's recent vote to boycott the state. Antonovich argued that the boyc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Jerry Brown Leads Meg Whitman In Gubernatorial Race

    ​State Attorney Genreal Jerry Brown took the lead over businesswoman Meg Whitman in the USC College/Los Angeles Times Poll released over the weekend (PDF). He would take 44 percent of voters while Whitman would get 38 percent if the gubernatorial election were held now, according to the survey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Phoenix Mayor Wants To Talk Immigration Reform In L.A. ... If Suns Win

    Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Now that the Lakers are about to clinch the Western Conference championship, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to change the terms of his bet on the series with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. As part of the new deal, he wants to come to L.A. and talk immigrati ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Lieutenant Governor of Paper Clips

    Janice Hahn, a product of the L.A. City Council, hopes to be a heartbeat away from governor of California

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    'Decline To State' Voters Grow In Numbers As Californians Flee Both Parties

    ​As California's June primary approaches a new report indicates that one in five Golden State voters have declined to state a party preference. The Republican party appears to be the biggest loser when the numbers are analyzed, but citizens appear to be unhappy with both sides, according to Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Poll: Brown Benefits As Whitman and Poizner Battle

    ​A new PPIC poll out tonight shows Steve Poizner cutting sharply into Meg Whitman's lead in the Republican gubernatorial primary. The beneficiary, at the moment anyway, is Jerry Brown. In a general election matchup, Brown now leads Whitman 42-37. That's a 10-point swing from the last poll, taken i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Mayor Villaraigosa: If Suns Win, We'll Take Sheriff Joe

    ​Now that Los Angeles is boycotting the state of Arizona, it seems odd for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be offering a wager with the mayor of Phoenix over the NBA Western Conference Finals.Apparently the embargo doesn't cover that. But this year's bet is no mere exchange of Laker jerseys for Ariz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Me Llamo Steve Poizner Y Quiero Su Apoyo

    Steve Poizner has a message for that sliver of the electorate that speaks Spanish, votes Republican, opposes Pete Wilson and Prop. 187, but supports the Arizona immigration law:This is the political equivalent of a reverse triple backflip into a half somersault with no splash. English translation af ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Cooley, Delgadillo Strive For Top Billing In State Attorney General Race

    District Attorney Steve Cooley.​While all eyes remain on California's gubernatorial race, particularly on the entertaining sniping between Republicans Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, the June primary contest for state Attorney General is dishing up its own drama, with the anointed Republican fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Meg Whitman's Lead Down to 2 Points?

    Steve Poizner was thought to be political roadkill earlier this year, having fallen as much as 50 points behind Meg Whitman for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. But with Whitman getting hammered on immigration (she declined to support the Arizona law) and her ties to Goldman Sachs, Poizner i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Poizner Narrows the Gap With Whitman

    ​Republican gubernatorial underdog Steve Poizner has released an internal poll showing him trailing former eBay CEO Meg Whitman by a mere 10 points, 38-28.Public polling has shown Whitman leading by 40 points or more pretty much the whole way. But Whitman's strategist, Mike Murphy, did not dispute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Gulf Oil Spill Prompts Guv to Drop Offshore Plan

    Dept. of Energy (via TPM)​For the last couple years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has lobbied to boost state revenues by allowing expanded drilling off Santa Barbara.The Tranquillon Ridge plan accounted for $100 million in the governor's proposed budget.Well, so much for that. In view of the vast an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Steve Poizner Goes After Mercury Insurance For Possible Overcharges

    California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.​California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced this week that Mercury Insurance "may have illegally overcharged thousands of Californians for auto and homeowners insurance," according to a statement from his office. An "examination" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    As It Levels Off, Immigration Might Be 'So Last Year' As A Political Issue

    ​The foreign-born population of Los Angeles County peaked in 2007 and has declined since then as a result of a dragging economy that is no longer a magnet for global job-seekers, according to a report by USC's Population Dynamics Research Group. In fact, statewide, the immigrant population al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Hottie video proves Meg Whitman's hairstyle must go. So how's she beating Jerry Brown in the Field Poll?

    Sacramento bloggers and influence peddlers are buzzing like mad today over the new Field Poll (here's the San Diego Trib version) showing that Meg Whitman's massive $40 million radio and cable ad campaign for California governor 2010 has edged her three points past Democratic Attorney General Jerry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2010

    YouTube Video Of Speeding Nissan GT-R Helps Bust Driver For Alleged Insurance Fraud

    YouTube​A YouTube video showing a Nissan GT-R sports car crashing helped bolster the state's case against a Diamond Bar brother and sister accused of filing a false insurance claims to cover repairs on the vehicle. (See the video after the jump). Insurance commissioner Steve Poizner, who's ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Jerry Brown To Announce For Governor Tuesday

    ​California Attorney General Jerry Brown will announce his intentions to run for office Tuesday, the Sacramento Bee is reporting. Brown, who has no serious Democratic challengers, was making party leaders nervous by standing on the sidelines for so long as Republican Meg Whitman continued to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    State's Top Ten Political Donors Revealed

    I pledge allegiance to dis vvallet.​The California Fair Political Practices Commission has compiled a list of the last decade's top political donors in the state. Film producer and real estate developer Steve Bing topped the list with $58 million in contributions, mostly to Democrats and Democ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Tom Campbell Aims For Barbara Boxer's Senate Seat

    ​Former Congressman Tom Campbell announced in Los Angeles Thursday that he's pulling out of a crowded Republican slate in California's gubernatorial race to challenge Democrat Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. "I initially made the decision to run for governor because I believe that my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Newsom Hands Democrats' Gubernatorial Nod To Brown

    What promised to be a race filled with Democratic powerhouses has been handed to just one man who hasn't even announced he's running. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced he's dropping out of the race to become the Democratic nominee for governor next year.Newsom​The announcement was a ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Proposition 8 Ruling Sets up California War

    Gay-marriage culture battle deepens between gays, Latinos, Christians, liberals

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Proposition 93 Fails: They're Outta Here!

    One-third turnover of California's unpopular Legislature now guaranteed

  • News

    January 24, 2008

    Prop. 93: Nunez's Term-limits Scam

    Voters are clueless that one-third of California's termed-out legislators could stay on

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