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Meg Whitman says she is ready to be the governor of California, a state nearly paralyzed by its political and fiscal problems. >
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... and his tactical brilliance. In the same conversation, he can be wonkish and thoughtful, blunt and profane”: Emanuel has long since learned to balance his outsized personality, which has made him a subject of intrigue in Washington, with a compulsion for order, which makes him an effective manager. Further west, there’s the former chief executive of as successful technology company, who says she has the know-how to lift California out of the fiscal doldrums. The Times’s Brad Stone talks to former eBay chief, Meg Whitman, who is in the running to replace Gov. ...
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