Saturday, October 30, 2010

Money Can't Buy You Guv in California

So what can Brown do for you? 

"Whitman spending heavily in race for Calif. governor

PASADENA, Calif. — It’s hard to turn off Meg Whitman.

The most expensive campaign for governor in US history — about $162 million and counting — is inundating California voters with an unprecedented array of TV and radio ads, glossy magazines, smartphone messages, Facebook videos, postcards, and phone calls that will test how far a Republican dollar can go in a state Democrats often dominate.  

They sure have had plenty of Republican governors.

A typical TV viewer in Los Angeles will see 23 of her commercials this week alone, many roughing up Democrat Jerry Brown, according to Democrats tracking her ad buys.  

He has some abuse issues of his own.

It costs about $3 million for a candidate to blanket California with TV ads for one week, but from Oct. 10 to Oct. 17, Whitman’s campaign spent $4.6 million, underscoring the urgency of the effort and pushing her message from Spanish-speaking households near Los Angeles to rural areas on the Oregon border.

Still, it might not be enough. Brown, after being outspent 6-1 through mid-October, opened up a slight edge in recent polls.

Even after he called her a whore

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I guess negative campaigning still works and is okay if you are a Democrat.

Also see: Bidding For California Governor

You will have to wait until the auction, 'er, election is over, readers.