Sarah Palin knows the power of a best-seller as a timely vehicle to get the press and public talking, and now former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has quietly ...
Phil Trounstine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has a fabulous career ahead of him as a public relations consultant or media critic, if this whole governor thing doesn't work out.
Phil Trounstine | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Despite his charisma, policy depth and breezy communication skills, Newsom suffered an utter lack of discipline, an inability to manage his staff, and faulty judgment.
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
There was a whiff of revenge in former President Bill Clinton's endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California's gubernatorial Democratic primary.
The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and current Republican candidate for Governor of California, has been under fire recently for her "unacceptable" (her...
Chris Kelly | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
Meg Whitman just proved that she votes using the argumentum ad ignorantiam and the transitivity of implication. Now that's a candidate who values education.
Byron Williams | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
The infractions of Whitman and Newsom are so fundamental in nature that they challenge the very rationale for their candidacy. Words that come to mind are arrogance, selfish, self-centered.
AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Attorney General Jerry Brown has taken the first step toward running for governor, filing official paperwork with the Secretary o...
AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
DAVIS, Calif. � Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that it wasn't until she was a chief executive in Silicon Valley that sh...
AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman officially launched her bid for governor of California on Tuesday, sketching out he...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
Hey kids! Look who got a website! Carly Fiorina, that's who! And she wants to be a U.S. Senator from "Carlyfornia" because Barbara Boxer has become...
Chris Kelly | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
Meg Whitman, the richest female CEO in U.S. history, will officially announce that she's running for Governor of California today. Because who doesn't love people who've made a lot of money in the market.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
Mayor Newsom is the most exciting thing to happen to California politics in years. He promises to lift California out of the morass that the deadening hands of the GOP have submerged us in.
Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
Last Friday at 5:00 p.m. (which he's apt to do when releasing bad news), San Francisco Mayor Newsom vetoed three pro-tenant ordinances designed to help renters facing hard times.
Phil Trounstine | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics
The latest survey finds Jerry Brown leading Gavin Newsom in a two-way race for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor 46-to-26 percent.
Phil Trounstine | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Seldom in California's history has there been an election with stakes as high for the people of the state. Candidates who seek to lead the Golden State will be facing angry voters.
Current.com | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is running for Governor of California, and he's making the environment a big part of his campaign. Current.com wants ...
Paul Hogarth | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
Gavin Newsom wants to be Governor, but his analysis of the state budget mess is the last thing progressives need right now -- and calls into question whether he's ready for prime time.
Chris Kelly | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics
Meg Whitman has spent her life in fairly high profile business positions. There's evidence that she's spoken to groups. So why is she only engaging in interviews that are the journalistic version of pity sex?
Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
By Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts Calbuzz.com Bottom line on the California Democratic Party convention: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made th...
Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
The cultural war over gay marriage has suddenly re-emerged nationally, setting the stage for volatile political developments in California.
Phil Trounstine | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
The genuine, red-blooded, God-fearing, movement conservatives in California have no candidate for governor to call their own this time out.
McClatchy | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the instant front-runner if she jumps into the Democratic primary field for governor....
Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
Breathless, glam-heavy MSM stories and TMZ.com just by themselves could help propel Gavin Newsom all the way into the governor's chair.
Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...
The San Francisco Chronicle | Carla Marinucci | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books