Meg Whitman to Run for Governor of CA


	Meg Whitman to Run for Governor of CA

Andy Greenberg

1-25-2008 2:13 PM

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meg whitman, arnold schwarzenegger, ebay, california

Andy Greenberg says:

She's got enough money to take on the Governator, but no political experience. This'll be interesting to watch come election time.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d8fffc03-0e73-450b-9a07-b15773683a12/52B781B4-E49E-4743-B78B-3EB58FF79BC4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206" href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alleyinsider.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206"><H1 class="asset-name">So, THAT's Why Meg Whitman Has Been AWOL at eBay</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206">She was getting ready to run for governor of California.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.alleyinsider.com/img/67615919-C42F-4222-9F30-3F53B67B631D" alt="megwhitman.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206"><BLOCKQUOTE>Whitman has talked with top Republicans about the possibility of a run
for California governor in 2010, according to three operatives who have
had discussions with her. Whitman is said to be asking detailed
questions about the logistics of a run and the effect she could have as
governor, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to reveal the conversations.<BR /></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206">Other details:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Naturally, her people say it wasn't her idea--she's being begged to do it.  This is the first rule of getting elected.<BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/so-thats-why-meg-whitman-has-been-awol-at-ebay.html#comment-24206"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Last September, Whitman switched her party registration from "decline to state" to Republican ("so she could vote for Romney," her people explain).<BR /></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/52B781B4-E49E-4743-B78B-3EB58FF79BC4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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