(CNN) - On the same day she officially announced her candidacy for California governor, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman launched the first statewide ad of the 2010 campaign - a 60-second radio spot highlighting the Republican's corporate credentials and experience creating jobs.
"California needs new leadership," the ad's narrator says. "We need someone with a proven ability at creating jobs. Who understands what growing businesses need. Who still believes government should be small, efficient and affordable. We need Meg Whitman."
The ad points to Whitman's stints with companies like Hasbro, Disney and Procter & Gamble, but focuses on her leadership at eBay, a core element of her candidacy. Listeners are told that she turned the Internet stat-up into a Fortune 500 company and created hundreds of jobs in California.
With heaps of money and backing from national Republicans like Mitt Romney and John McCain, Whitman is thought by many to be the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. Her main opponent in the Republican primary is California insurance commissioner Steve Poizner. If Whitman captures the GOP nomination, she may face California Attorney General Jerry Brown or San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in the general election.
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Too bad, I only vote for Democrats. I learned my lesson. Sorry Meg.
Go, Whitman!
I can't believe Newsom is running. After he tried to jam Prop 8 down the throats of voters – and I quote "It's coming, whether you like it or not!" – and was rejected, you would think the man had enough brain cells to realize that the rest of the state didn't feel the same way.
Whitman is savvy and has an excellent track record in business. We need proven leadership from outside politics. We do NOT need career politicians who don't have a clue about what people are going through.
Ebay rips off the small sellers and caters to the big sellers. If a small seller makes a complaint against a non-paying customer – the seller gets his rating lowered, What a rip=off company Meg Whitman has built ! – Corporatist will love her – the average person will hate her.
California could use a smart person with business sense to run our state, unfortunately we are a highly liberal state that loves to hand out tax payer money to illegals, welfare, free school lunches and every other entitlement program around. This state can't stand for common sense in balancing a budget, it's all about the freebies here........raise taxes, The Democratic way!
Nope, we will elect some lunatic like Newsom.
The Democratic contenders are the worst choices EVER. A choice between the San Francisco (same place that produced Pelosi) nut job Newsom, or Brown aka Governor Moon Beam!
I'll take anyone over those two worthless choices. California is in deep doo doo, thanks to many years of Democratic control. They just LOVE to waste our money and raise our taxes.
She won't win – thank goodness.
A smart woman with a brain and common sense solutions running for governor in California!! She'll never win, we are too stupid in this state to elect someone with a brain who can balance a budget.
Sorry this is a lib state, a record of creating jobs gets trumped by a record of putting people on the government teet and making them lib takers for life.
California is so screwed up. everyone wants services but no one wants to pay for them. and this isnt just services to the poor-its roads, bridges, school programs, recreation, etc. etc. it took Prop 13 25 years to turn that state from one of the most progressive to total gridlock. i dont know why anyone would want that job, Republican OR Democrat.
Hasn't this state learned its lesson by putting these 'half celeb-republican" fakes in office? How's Schwarzenegger working out for ya?
She isn't the founder of ebay, just ran it after it got up and running-you guys should try and get the founder of ebay to run-after all, that person is the one that created Meg Whitman's job!
Get ready cali meg will have a across the board cut in every program
in the state and every business will get tax advantages that people will only dream about this woman is a corporate boss who doesn't care about people only the bottom line.
Anybody but NEWSOME.......
Whitman is savvy and has an excellent track record in business. We need proven leadership from outside politics. We do NOT need career politicians who don't have a clue about what people are going through.
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You say "We do NOT need career politicians who don't have a clue about what people are going through." And a MULTI-Millionaire does?!
Honestly. The people of CA already elected & have a GOP governor. Do you folks really think that another multi-millionaire will care about "what the people are going through?"
Just what California needs another Republican running their state, NOT!
I am a staunch Democrat who will most likely be voting for this Republican candidate. Although I disagree with some of her social standings, we need an intelligent, business-saavy leader who will take our great state of California out of this horrible financial mess. Newsom and Brown are not ideal candidates, too much baggage.
Whitman 2010.
Um, the Governator is a "moderate" Rethuglicriminal. HE hasn't gotten us out of the financial mess CAUSED BY THE GREEDY POWER COMPANIES. Instead, he cuts vital services to the poor, the disabled, and the elderly.
Gov. Davis HAD a solution; the Rethugs torpedoed him.
It seems to ME that the Rethugs were responsible for Prop. 13, which froze the state's ability to raise property taxes.
will vote Rethug when pigs file flight plans!
Cool....a dimwit that knows how to sell stuff to the highest bidder. Like all republicans, junk for dollars. We've already seen what a republican governor can do to a state (Sanford and Schwarzeneggar). Thanks but no thanks. You all suck (like Bush).
yeah look what she did for ebay she'll rip off the state of california too
If she changes her party, I might consider her.
This lady is a disaster. We've had a republican moron for eight years, as has South Carolina as has the country. All of them showed us how bad republicans are when they are in charge. Let's not elect any more retards (aka republicans). ANYTHING but a republican.
She will not win. "GAVIN NEWSOME 2012" will win. He already have all the gay votes.
I am a staunch avid Republican Conservative. And I love Pelosi. Will vote for her in EVERY election because she is so great!
Ugh. Do we really want to look at this face for 4 years?
The downside is, she is a republican...
This lady will give HUGE tax write offs to all businesses. Great, alot of businesses will be here but nobody will have jobs. It's a proven track record of these republican retards. Just look at Ca with it's current republican moron governor (garage sales...hmm, sounds like an ebay idiot).