Tuning in to the Whitman v. Brown debate?

[Grace62]

Should be good.

Though not a Californian, I do pay attention as what happens there tends to blow north...
Helps at family dinners with the CA in-laws too...

[hal]

Heard a good bit of it - very lively. Both were doing well, well moderated...

[(vikm)]

I was unable to due to other obligations. I think the next one is on the weekend. Only reports I read were that she was very scripted and didn't stray far from the script.

[vision63]

She didn't say anything beyond all of the canned responses that she's always uttered. She even kept all of her known lies intact. I don't think she helped herself at all. She sounded unable or unwilling to be open. I think she was intimidated. Jerry vigorously defended himself when necessary and clearly explained his agenda. She talked about establishing a temporary guest-worker program for some businesses. She apologized for not voting then gave a general spiel about why she should be elected and how it's going to take people power to overcome California's problems. Jerry finished by extolling his experience as a public servant, his family history and his deep love for the state of California, where he was born, where he served and where he planned to someday die.

[wave rider]

Happy to be working! Would have enjoyed seeing/listening though.

=wr=

[Lux Interior]

I'm starting a write-in campaign for Dolph Lundgren.

[Mac1337]

Once again a Democrats tries to pass himself off as a "conservative" when running for office. They can never admit to who they are,

"Brown, 72, pointed to his record as governor of vetoing pay rises for state workers twice"

My question is just twice?

[davester]

I listened to part of it and I completely agree with vision63's assessment. Meg did not debate at all or respond to the questions. She just replayed her TV commercials (note that for her very first response the questioner immediately stated "you didn't answer my question" and Jerry commented on "that TV commercial I've already heard ad nauseum" in responding to what she had said. Her responses in several cases were completely nonsensical non sequiturs. On how she would deal with Sacramento's inability to put out a timely budget and fix Sacramento's budget issues, her solution was to reduce taxes (including the "factory tax"??) and reform welfare. WTF??!!... solve the problem of not enough tax revenue by reducing tax revenue?? You might not like Jerry's solution but at least it made some sense and he came off as sincere and open. Meg came off as insincere and stonewalling the entire debate process.

[vision63]

It will be interesting to see what adjustments are made during Saturday's debate. Meg has to show the electorate that she "currently" loves California. She keeps speaking of this California that has been flown into the Hudson and that via her vast expertise, she will return it to golden glory. To Meg, it appears that every problem can be resolved by a tax cut.

[Acer]

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.