Whitman writes another big check to her campaign

[ccharles000]

Billionaire Meg Whitman has contributed an additional $13 million of her own money to her effort to become California’s next governor, bringing the Republican nominee’s personal stake in her election bid to $104 million.

The donation was filed Friday with the California secretary of state’s office. Whitman, the former chief executive of EBay, is in a dead heat with Democratic nominee Jerry Brown despite the fact that she has vastly outspent the California attorney general since she won the primary election in June.

Brown has said his shoestring campaign is a necessity during the summer, and he is marshaling his resources for the fall. But his campaign has been the beneficiary of independent expenditures from unions, which the Whitman campaign said is what prompted her to write another large check.

“Meg is investing the necessary resources to fight the $13 million in attacks Jerry Brown Inc. has launched to defend the status quo in Sacramento,” said spokeswoman Sarah Pompei.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/08/whitman-writes-another-big-check-to-her-campaign.html

[derby378]

1. Is someone nervous?

Hmmmm...

[gateley]

2. It is almost embarrassing. Like paying people to like you. nt

[LiberalFighter]

4. Would be a good ad. So many variations.

Never liked by her employees. Desperate to be liked by the voters.

Willing to throw money away on a losing cause. How much tax money is she willing to waste as Governor?

[JuniperLea]

3. Meh Witless is running scared...

She has more dollars than sense.

I'm not sure how she thought people would ignore her Goldman Sachs escapades... or the bad boss shoving incident... or the fact she has cared so little for politics all of her life that she never bothered to vote... the new Brown ads are going to cream her. I love the "playing loose with facts" ad! She's toast.