Poizner: Whitman camp made threats to get him out of race

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: Sacramento Bee

GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner today said he has reported "threats" made by the Republican rival Meg Whitman's campaign adviser to law enforcement officials.
Poizner said at a press conference that Whitman campaign strategist Mike Murphy issued "crystal-clear" threats to his staff in an attempt to effectively "cancel the election" by pushing him to drop out of the race.

"This is not an attempt to be hardball and to be aggressive, but this is an attempt to effectively manipulate the election process, the integrity of the election process, by issuing these threats behind the scenes to get me not to run," he said.

The campaign provided a copy of an e-mail in which Murphy asks an unidentified Poizner campaign consultant if there is any chance Poizner, who is trailing Whitman in the polls and in campaign funds, will reconsider his run.

The e-mail, provided by the campaign to reporters and in a letter to law enforcement officials, says the Whitman camp can spend $40 million "tearing up Steve if we must."

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/2010/02/gop-gubernatori.html

[mac56]

1. bizarre

[LiberalFighter]

2. The more bizarre the better!!!

[Semi_subversive]

3. I hope he continues his campaign

at least past the filing deadline so he can't run again for Insurance Commissioner. I work for him and I'm ready for a new boss. I suppose I got spoiled working for John Garamendi, someone who actually did their job as commissioner instead of running from one photo op to the next. I swear, that's all he's done since he took this office. Although, if I HAD to pick between he and Meg Whitman, I'd take him in a heartbeat. Neither of them stand a chance against Jerry Brown.

[Retrograde]

4. Why am I not surprised?

Whitman was a bully in business, why wouldn't she be one in politics?

[senseandsensibility]

5. How will they shut down this story?

n/t

[bemildred]

6. This is great.

Dueling dollars for democracy.
:popcorn::popcorn:

[defendandprotect]

7. Aaaah .... No honesty among thieves . . . ???