{"id":571515,"date":"2010-05-20T07:41:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/05\/20\/poizner-closes-in-on-whitman\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T07:41:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T11:41:41","slug":"poizner-closes-in-on-whitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571515","title":{"rendered":"Poizner Closes In on Whitman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poizner Closes In on Whitman <\/a>
A new Public Policy Institute of California poll<\/a> shows a “dramatic reshaping” in the Republican race for governor as the 50-point lead Meg Whitman held over Steve Poizner two months ago has now closed to single digits.<\/p>\n

Whitman now leads Poizner, 38% to 29%, among likely voters with 30% undecided. <\/p>\n

The Next Majority Leader <\/a>
The Washington Post<\/a> looks beyond the fall election to the possible race for Senate majority leader — assuming Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) loses his re-election bid.<\/p>\n

The main contenders are Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL). “Each can boast a strength: Durbin has the pleasant demeanor of a consensus builder; Schumer is the diehard fighter who has never lost an election. The prospect of a Chicago vs. New York majority leader race with echoes of Obama vs. Clinton is tantalizing, but also distracting.”<\/p>\n

Interesting fact: Schumer and Durbin have shared a Washington townhouse for years. <\/p>\n

Fiorina Grabs Lead in California Primary <\/a>
A new Public Policy Institute of California poll<\/a> finds that Carly Fiorina (R) has a narrow lead over Tom Campbell (R) in the Republican Senate race, 25% to 23%, with Chuck DeVore (R) gaining ground at 16%. There are 36% still undecided.<\/p>\n

“Although Fiorina’s lead is within the 5-percentage-point margin of error, the poll highlights Campbell’s vulnerabilities as Election Day approaches: He is underfunded compared with Fiorina and under attack by conservatives unhappy with his moderate record on taxes and social issues.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poizner Closes In on Whitman A new Public Policy Institute of California poll shows a “dramatic reshaping” in the Republican race for governor as the 50-point lead Meg Whitman held over Steve Poizner two months ago has now closed to single digits. Whitman now leads Poizner, 38% to 29%, among likely voters with 30% undecided. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}