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By TIMOTHY EGAN
NYT
PALO ALTO, Calif. — When the latest Sarah Palin sugar high wears off, leaving behind a new round of intraparty feuds and a woman with deep Nixonian grievances, Republicans can turn to California for a glimpse at another kind of future.
Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P. They are doing it in the Pacific time zone, always a handicap for late-winning sports teams and political newcomers hoping to make an impression in the East. And they are doing it in California, which the country has all but written off even though it will continue to have an oversized influence on the rest of us.
One is the billionaire former president of eBay, Meg Whitman, running for governor next year as Arnold Schwarzenegger is forced out by term limits. The other is the multi-millionaire ex-chief executive of Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina, trying to take Barbara Boxer’s senate seat in 2010. Sad to report: based on their initial performances, these two products of the tech industry look like 8-track tapes in an iPod age.
Whitman has spent nearly $20 million of her fortune trying to introduce herself. She’s a bland speaker with a grand resume who says it’s time to “reclaim the California we love.”
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NYT
PALO ALTO, Calif. — When the latest Sarah Palin sugar high wears off, leaving behind a new round of intraparty feuds and a woman with deep Nixonian grievances, Republicans can turn to California for a glimpse at another kind of future.
Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P. They are doing it in the Pacific time zone, always a handicap for late-winning sports teams and political newcomers hoping to make an impression in the East. And they are doing it in California, which the country has all but written off even though it will continue to have an oversized influence on the rest of us.
One is the billionaire former president of eBay, Meg Whitman, running for governor next year as Arnold Schwarzenegger is forced out by term limits. The other is the multi-millionaire ex-chief executive of Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina, trying to take Barbara Boxer’s senate seat in 2010. Sad to report: based on their initial performances, these two products of the tech industry look like 8-track tapes in an iPod age.
Whitman has spent nearly $20 million of her fortune trying to introduce herself. She’s a bland speaker with a grand resume who says it’s time to “reclaim the California we love.”
(Continued here.)
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