Mike Murphy

The Blink in the California Governor's Race

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Domestic Help, California, Meg Whitman California, Jerry Brown, Television Advertising, Mike Murphy, California Politics, Democrats, California Governor's Race, Meg Whitman Governor, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

Until this week, it appeared that the GOP had successfully rolled out their new product -- a conservative, ambitious businesswoman with a big check book.

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Expendable Arnold: What's Ahead for Schwarzenegger?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inception, John McCain, Steve Westly, Entertainment, Mitt Romney, Action Movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Sylvester Stallone, Meg Whitman, George Shultz, Tom Steyer, Oil Industry, Bruce Willis, Sarah Palin, Jerry Brown, The Expendables, Mike Murphy, Green Economy, Climate Change, Jason Statham, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

It seems clear that movies are in Schwarzenegger's future. But there's plenty of politics to come before he's done being governor next January, and plenty after as well.

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Bill Clinton Hearts Jerry Brown! (And Other Tales of Intrigue)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, California, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Bill Clinton, Gavin Newsom, California Governor's Race, Michael Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, Hillary Clinton, Time Magazine, Mark Halperin, Gary Hart, Mike Murphy, Media, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

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Whitman's Investment In Top Adviser Draws Scrutiny

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Mike Murphy, California Governors Race, Los Angeles News

At first blush, the 19 pages of financial disclosures that Meg Whitman filed earlier this year for her run for governor of California are a humdrum bl...

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The Machinations of Meg Whitman: Murphy's Million (Plus) and More

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, California, Barbara Boxer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carly Fiorina, Barack Obama, Presidential Politics, Sarah Palin, Mike Murphy, Jerry Brown, John McCain, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

Whitman is a candidate who, let's be frank, can't get her story straight. Worse than that, she insists that her story is straight, against all evidence, clearly believing that she can buy her way through paid advertising.

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California Story: Brown, Boxer, and (Un)convention(al) Politics

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Meg Whitman, Barbara Boxer, Wall Street, Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner, Arianna Huffington, Ebay, Billionaire, Carly Fiorina, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, John McCain, Gray Davis, Pete Wilson, Rich Trumka, Mike Murphy, Huffington Post, Jeb Bush, Steve Westly, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

Big developments in the past few days make it clear why California has the biggest races in the country this year, with Obama helping Barbara Boxer defend her Senate seat and Jerry Brown trying for a record third term as governor.

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10 Key Things To Know About The High-Stakes California Governor's Race

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, 2012 Presidential Election, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Steve Poizner, 2008 Presidential Race, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, Gavin Newsom, John McCain, Jerry Brown, Goldman Sachs, Ebay, Mike Murphy, Gray Davis, Politics News
William Bradley

The hand-picked candidate of Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, billionaire Meg Whitman, is already shattering all spending records in her bid to win the governorship.

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Meg Whitman's Whoppers

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Condi Rice, Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Goldman Sachs, Steve Poizner, Illegal Immigration, Arizona, Tom McClintock, Jerry Brown, Offshore Oil Drilling, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Mike Murphy, Newt Gingrich, John McCain, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

As someone with no experience in public affairs prior to being talked into running for governor by her business mentor, Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman is totally dependent on a coterie of lobbyists and consultants.

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The Mitt & Meg Show: "Taking Care of Business"

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Goldman Sachs, Steve Poizner, Ronald Reagan, Hewlett-Packard, Jerry Brown, Wall Street Crisis, Barbara Boxer, Barack Obama, Carly Fiorina, Mitt Romney, Tom Campbell, Sarah Palin, Climate Change, Islamic Jihadists, Mike Murphy, John McCain, Van Jones, Demon Sheep, Fred Davis, Armani, Organized Labor, Unions, Future of Journalism, Politics News
William Bradley

Billionaire Meg Whitman, the seeming political cipher who would be governor of California, is purchasing endless amounts of unanswered advertising.

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Meg Whitman's Wild Week That Was

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Goldman Sachs, Steve Poizner, Mike Murphy, Don Draper, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ebay, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

Is billionaire Meg Whitman having fun yet? She's certainly had a careening week in her once seeing juggernaut of a bid to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California.

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Meg Whitman's New! Improved! Post-Journalism! Politics

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Political Journalism, Steve Poizner, Future of Journalism, Mike Murphy, Jerry Brown, Cinema Verite, Ebay, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Russian Oligarch, Lesley Stahl, Baghdad Bob, Los Angeles News
William Bradley

Something new and more than a little bizarre is busy being born in California, where billionaire Meg Whitman has been spending feverishly for months on an advertising blitz.

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The California as First "Failed State" Debate: Schwarzenegger, Davis, Whitman, and Jerry Brown

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maria Shriver, Lawrence O'Donnell, Meg Whitman, California, Van Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Afghanistan, Steve Poizner, Failed State, Andreas Kluth, Bobby Shriver, Jerry Brown, The West Wing, John F. Kennedy, Sharon Waxman, Sarah Palin, Pat Brown, Somalia, Gray Davis, John McCain, New York, Woody Allen, Mike Murphy, George W. Bush, Politics News
William Bradley

Is California America's first "failed state?" I asked Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; the governor he replaced, Gray Davis; and a famous former governor favored to be the next governor, Jerry Brown.

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The Biggest Spending Race In America Is Underway! (Well, Sort Of)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Bob White, Meg Whitman, California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Goldman Sachs, Steve Poizner, Scott Brown, Ace Smith, Nascar, Gavin Newsom, Pete Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Steve Westly, Mitt Romney, Wyclef Jean, Sarah Palin, Jason Kinney, Gale Kaufman, Roger Salazar, Phil Angelides, Ron Burkle, John McCain, Mike Murphy, Fringe, The Observer, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Gray Davis, Politics News
William Bradley

With billionaire Meg Whitman spending like a Russian oligarch, it's inevitable that the race for California governor will be the most expensive in the country.

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As Goes California...

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Insurance Commissioner Steven Poizner, Whitman, George W. Bush, Congress, California Republicans, California Governor's Race, California Politics, California State Legislature, Meg Whitman, National Politics, US Senate, Steven Poizner, Mike Murphy, CEO Whitman, Republican Party, Senate, California Gubernatorial Campaign, Two-Thirds Rule, Swift Boating, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The nation is catching up to California. The contempt directed at Sacramento politicians is already bleeding over on every other politician in the state.

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The Machinations of Meg Whitman: Behind Her Attempts To Eliminate Competition and Her Whopper About How Long She's Lived in California

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Bob White, Meg Whitman, Warren Buffett, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Gavin Newsom, Pete Wilson, Jerry Brown, Garry South, Wall Street, George Shultz, Sarah Palin, Mike Murphy, Billionaire, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Abortion, Gay Rights, Israel, Steve Poizner, Carly Fiorina, Barbara Boxer, Hewlett Packard, Politics News
William Bradley

The reality behind Meg Whitman, as we see from her attempts to avoid a primary contest and duck debates and the press, is much different than her facade.

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Selling Meg Whitman: Glitches Emerge in the Billionaire's Plan To Acquire the California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Steve Poizner, Dianne Feinstein, Mike Murphy, Fbi, Jerry Brown, John McCain, Mad Men, Advertising, Fox News, Don Draper, Politics News
William Bradley

The billionaire ex-eBay CEO has assiduously promoted herself as a potential governor of of the nation's largest state. All is "on plan" in the selling of Meg Whitman. Or is it?

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Scott Brown Need Not Apply: California Republicans in the Post-Arnold Era

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Barbara Boxer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Palm Springs, Carly Fiorina, Tom Campbell, Steve Poizner, Far Right, Scott Brown, Chuck DeVore, Maureen Dowd, Tea Party, Hillary Clinton, Jerry Brown, Republican, Tony Blair, Mike Murphy, Gray Davis, George Deukmejian, California, Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John McCain, George W. Bush, Politics News
William Bradley

The principal fight in the California Republican primaries for governor and U.S. senator will be over who is more conservative than the next candidate.

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"If Sarah Palin Looked Like Golda"

Gershon Hepner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tel-Aviv, Alaska, Golda Meir, Mike Murphy, Tina Fey, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Gershon Hepner

Poem inspired by an observation made by Mike Murphy, a former John McCain strategist

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It Would Behoove the Republican Party to Immediately Stop Pissing Off Latinos

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Immigration Reform, Latina, Undocumented Immigrants, East Chicago, Latinos, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, Sonia Sotomayor, Mike Murphy, Republican Party, Hispanic, Republicans, Politics News
Pablo Manriquez

However it's fed to the media, what Democrats see in comprehensive immigration reform is 12 million potential votes. Unless Republicans prefer losing elections, they should stand with Obama on immigration reform.

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Chuck Todd, Mike Murphy Discuss GOP's 'Circular Firing Squad' Over Sarah Palin (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardball, Msnbc, Video, Vanity Fair, Politico, Gop Circular Firing Squad, Sarah Palin, Mike Murphy Video, Hardball Video, Mike Murphy, Politics News

The sniping between McCain staffers and Palin defenders has only gotten worse since Todd Purdum's lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin cam...

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Sam Stein

Gregory Accidentally Accuses Jon Huntsman Of Having An Affair, Effusively Apologizes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Huntsman, Meet the Press, David Gregory, Huntsman Affair, China Ambassador, Gregory Huntsman, Mike Murphy, David Gregory Huntsman, Huntsman Ensign, Utah, Politics News

The Republican Party is in such a state of disrepair and scandal that television news hosts can't keep track of which prominent figures are dealing wi...

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This Week in Magazines: Bernie, Blago and Betrayal

James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Mike Murphy, New Yorker, Time Magazine, Leon Panetta, Town and Country, Media News
James Warren

This may be a golden era of betrayal. Bernie Madoff, Eliot Spitzer, Chris Brown, Rod Blagojevich, Alex Rodriguez and Mel Gibson are among the liars and cheats who've hurt their biggest fans and chums the most.

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The Ice Age Is Coming

TIME | Mike Murphy Monday, Jun. 22, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Entering Ice Age, Republican Party, Ice Age, Republican Ice Age, Mike Murphy, Mike Murphy Ice Age, Gop Strategy, Gop Ice Age, Politics News

Despairing Republican friends have been asking me what I think we should do to rebuild the GOP and begin our certain and inevitable comeback. My answe...

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Tedisco Concedes To Murphy In NY-20

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Tedisco, ny20 Recount, ny20, Ny-20, Mike Murphy, NY-20 Recount, James Tedisco, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Almost a month after a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district, the Democratic candidate claimed vic...

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'Scott Murphy Has Defeated Republican Jim Tedisco': Ex-NRCC Chair

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Tedisco, Mike Murphy, NY-20 Recount, Kirsten Gillibrand, Ny-20, Politics News

The hand counts and courtroom squabbles may be dragging on in the New York District 20 race, but at least one prominent Republican says the election i...

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