Meg Whitman spent $71 million dollars of her own dough to secure the Republican nomination for governor in last months primary. Her opponent, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, wealthy in his own rite, waited too long to begin running his television advertising. By the time he started, Whitman had been running her ad campaign for months, and Poizner lost the primary, earning less than 30% of the vote.
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The Los Angeles Times reports in this mornings edition that many believe Jerry Brown awaits the same fate, if he indeed waits until the fall to begin his advertsing campaign:
Brown's frugal campaign may be too little, too late. Some strategists fear the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and his meager staff are relying too much on decades-old name recognition and waiting too long to go on the offensive against Meg Whitman.
Jerry Brown campaign
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown speaks with Carol Sybrowsky at a California District Attorneys Assn. meeting last week. The gubernatorial candidate has been making appearances at meetings and conferences, rather than organizing -- and paying for -- more controlled campaign events.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman barely paused to take a breath after her landslide primary victory, saturating the airwaves with ads, raising money across the state, trying to woo traditionally Democratic voters and using her massive campaign machine to drive the conversation in her race against rival Jerry Brown.
Brown, meanwhile, is off the air, has yet to reach out to key voter blocs in any strategic way and has gotten more attention for gaffes than for policy proposals.
So show Jerry some love - if you have some $$ laying around, send a few his way.
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