sfgate.com - 10/5/2009
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Former eBay executive Meg Whitman , the 2010 gubernatorial candidate who has recently portrayed herself as a "darned good" conservative Republican, endorsed Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer in 2003, records show. "Whitman contributed $4,000 to Boxer in the 2004 reelection campaign -- and ...
greenhellblog.com - 9/30/2009
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greenhellblog.com —
Sen. Barbara Boxer’s climate bill set to be
released today contains a provision that will compensate General...
Electric quite nicely for its lobbying and media efforts promoting climate legislation. Section 821(c) requires that, by December 12, ...
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Boxer pays off GE in climate bill
tnr.com - 10/1/2009
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tnr.com —
Overall, the draft of the Senate climate bill
that Boxer and Kerry introduced today is awfully similar...
to the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House back in June, so, basically, everything you read about that earlier bill, whining and cheering ...
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Side-By-Side: The Senate Climate Bill vs. The House Version
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GOP Candidate Meg Whitman Donated To Liberal Dem Barbara Boxer
TPM Election Central —
... The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Whitman donated $4,000 to Boxer in 2003, and endorsed Boxer's re-election as part of a group called "Technology Leaders for Boxer." A Boxer aide said this resulted from the Senator's work with the tech sector on issues that are important to them, and that the campaign approached various tech leaders to participate, including Whitman. ...
Monday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... : for the last 32 years, Virginia has sided with the gubernatorial candidate whose party had lost the presidential race the year prior. * In yet another setback for Meg Whitman's (R) gubernatorial campaign in California, it appears the former eBay CEO, who recently described herself as a "darned good" conservative Republican, endorsed Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D) re-election campaign in 2004. Whitman also contributed $4,000 to Boxer. * In his latest ad targeting Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, Rep. Joe Sestak is, not surprisingly, ...
SSP Daily Digest: 10/5
Swing State Project —
... ? CA-Gov: Maybe this explains why alleged Republican Meg Whitman is running for governor and not for senate: turns out she endorsed Barbara Boxer in 2004 as part of Technology Leaders for Boxer, and gave her $4,000. No word yet on whether Whitman actually got around to voting for her, though. ...
Whitman For Governor Rollout Woes Continue Unabated
Daily Kos —
... Now, as the vetting continues, Whitman is going to have to answer questions about one of her first forays into California politics--her 2004 endorsement of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, no one's idea of a Blue Dog Democrat. ...
Meg Whitman Contributes Another $200,000 to Defend Delta Smelt [By Michael Der Manouel, Jr. - Central Valley - Flash Report]
The Flash Report Blog and Commentary —
... - It might be worth giving Whitman the benefit of the doubt on this issue if this was an isolated incident, but this isn't an isolated incident - it's a pattern. Meg Whitman publicly endorsed Barbara Boxer in 2004 and contributed to her campaign. Meg Whitman went on a climate change cruise with Jimmy Carter and Van Jones in 2007 where she became a ...
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