Whitman on the right, Brown on the left, voters in the middle
He is a Democrat and former governor backed by the public employee unions that won the right to organize on his watch. He rails against Wall Street greed and preaches the virtues of alternative energy.
She is a former corporate executive and billionaire Republican who forged ties with investment bankers and seldom voted until she decided to run for the state's highest office, vowing to slash spending by shedding tens of thousands of workers from government.
On the core issue facing California -- finances -- the two agree in principle that the state must rein in spending. But that is where the similarities are likely to end.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-10 |