Meg Whitman, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, is the People's Candidate. Meg Whitman knows this in her heart, and that is why Meg Whitman donated an ass-ton of money to herself, again:
With her announcement Tuesday that she had contributed another $15 million of her personal fortune to her quest to defeat Attorney General Jerry Brown, Ms. Whitman became the leading self-financing political candidate in American history with a total of $119 million donated to her own campaign.
She surged past New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who previously held the personal financing record with the $109.2 million he spent while seeking his third term as Hizzoner last year. The spending averaged out to about $186 per vote and bested the previous title of $85 million — also held by Mr. Bloomberg, from his 2005 campaign.
She should use some of that money to buy a little more hair to cover her forehead. It's pretty creepy.
Yet another Repubican who jumps into politics with a higher office. She hasn't even been mayor of a small city and she wants to run California, home of the world's 6th largest economy. Her appeal is -- supposedly -- she has proven herself in the private sector, whereas Demoncrats try to prove themselves in lower elected office.
Schwarzenegger started at governor. Carly Fiorina going for Senate, Steve Forbes ran for President, Pat Buchanan, Gary Bauer, Linda McMahon (in CT), Christine O'Donnell in DE). Gopher from love boat. There's a long list