The Women Who Lost

Republicans may have taken over the House but they did not take over California.  Here's to Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown for saving the state from the likes of Meg "I Spent $160MM and Still Couldn't Get Elected" Whitman. 

Don't forget Carly "I Ran H-P Into the Ground But Who Cares Because My Hair Looks Good?" Fiorina.  Carly only spent $90+MM while smirking at Barbara Boxer's hair do. "It's so last year," she murmured.   

Apparently big spending and big hair doesn't guarantee an election.  A report on NPR the other day indicated Linda McMahon, who lost her Connecticut senatorial bid, spent the most per vote, $90.  Her total outlay was $47+MM but, let's face it, CT is a dinky state. 

Want more info?  ABC News has it. 

And get a load of these ads!  Voted #1 and #4 by adfreak.com out of the "Ten Freakiest Ads of Election 2010".

Governor Wannabe Meg Whitman & Her "Domestic" Problems

Jill Armstrong, a former full-time nanny for Meg Whitman's family, came to the defense of another onetime member of the GOP gubernatorial candidate's household staff on Tuesday.

Nicky Diaz, who is Mexican and is not a citizen of the United States, recently charged that Whitman employed her as a housekeeper for nearly a decade despite knowing that she was in the country illegally.

While Whitman has strongly denied the allegations and has accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown of facilitating the controversy, Armstrong told the San Francisco Chronicle that she believes Diaz's claim because she "know[s] the family" and "what it was like."

"I set up her apartment. I did the unpacking," and other jobs to get the place ready for the children, Armstrong said.

But she described Whitman as "cheap" and said she was surprised when her boss at first balked at paying the agreed salary - arguing that Armstrong didn't "deserve" it because she wasn't yet working full-time as a nanny.

Armstrong said she was also surprised to hear Whitman's explanation last week that her husband did not recall receiving a letter from the Social Security Administration in 2003 that asked the Whitmans to double-check their information on Diaz because the information on file did not match the agency's records.

"[Whitman's husband Griff] Harsh would not forget something like that," Armstrong said. "He had his thumb on everything."

For the "rest of the story" visit the Huffington Post.  



SSDD

Interesting headline from Robert Reich's blog today.

The Super Rich Get Richer, Everyone Else Gets Poorer, and the Democrats Punt

The super-rich got even wealthier this year, and yet most of them are paying even fewer taxes to support the eduction, job training, and job creation of the rest of us...Only twice before in American history has so much been held by so few, and the gap between them and the great majority been a chasm — the late 1920s, and the era of the robber barons in the 1880s...And yet the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which conferred almost all their benefits on the rich, continue...Democrats have decided to delay voting on whether to extend them for the top 2 percent of Americans or for the bottom 98 percent until after the mid-term elections.

Sure hope this doesn't hurt the Dems in races where the Huff Post reports this morning:

Are the Democrats experiencing a rebound on the Pacific Coast? Three new surveys, two in California and one in Washington State, indicate small gains for Democratic since mid-August. More specifically, two new California polls confirm that Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer is maintaining a narrow lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina...The two new California polls also suggest a reversal of the previous trend favoring Republican Meg Whitman. The Field poll results released yesterday show Whitman tied with Democrat Jerry Brown (at 41% each), while SurveyUSA gives Brown a small but statistically insignificant advantage (46% to 43%). So while six surveys had shown Brown with nominal leads in August and early September, the five most recent polls show either a tie or a slight Brown edge...SurveyUSA also released new data this week in Washington confirming a similar rebound by Democratic Senator Patty Murray over Republican challenger Dino Rossi. The new automated poll gives Murray a two-point edge (50% to 48%)...Democrats also received encouraging news in Florida, where a new Mason-Dixon poll shows Democrat Alex Sink holding a six percentage point lead (47% to 40%) over Republican Rick Scott.

And then, there's The Daily Show POV. His take last night on the Republicans and their "brand new"(sic) Pledge to America.

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