Amidst the Democrats’ doom and gloom over the US midterm elections, there is one
race that will give Obama hope, and it is in the world’s 8th largest economy: California. The state’s
once and would-be future Governor, Jerry Brown, looks set for a comfortable win over Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay. Recent polls have put Brown, a career Democratic politician, ahead by
nearly double-digit figures.
Brown leads despite the broader anti-insider, anti-Democrat wave; despite Whitman’s $141m campaign spend; despite having earned the nickname ‘Governor Moonbeam’ when last
running the state; and despite gaffes like accusing Bill Clinton of lying not long after he appeared at a pro-Brown rally;
Brown’s aide even called Meg Whitman a “whore” in a phone conversation.
And yet he seems certain to win. Like Mitt Romney, Whitman has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by fence-sitting on key issues.
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