Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Nov. 7, 2010Murphy also blamed spending by the state's influential public-employee unions, in part, for the loss, saying they "run California politics." Unions spent heavily on TV ads attacking Whitman during the summer months as Brown hoarded his limited treasury. "They paid for Jerry Brown's campaign," he said.
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Labor, Assertion of fact, Candidate attack
Meg Whitman
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Nov. 7, 2010"We got beat. And, you know, I ran the campaign. I take responsibility for it," Murphy said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "It's a very blue state, and it's getting bluer. As the red, you know, wave, kind of went one way, there was a bit of blue riptide coming the other way." Whitman was able to win GOP and independent votes, he said, but not Democrats, and "in California, if you don't win a lot of Democrats, you don't win." Murphy, who was paid $90,000 a month by Whitman for his strategic advice, had avoided questions about the race since Tuesday's defeat. The voters, he said Sunday, rejected "CEO candidates who were doing kind of a tough-medicine message."
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Nov. 7, 2010Mike Murphy, chief strategist to Meg Whitman, blamed public-employee unions and California's status as "a very blue state" for the GOP gubernatorial candidate's loss to Democrat Jerry Brown on Tuesday, even as she spent a national record $142 million of her own money trying to beat him.
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Nov. 7, 2010"The big unions in the last couple of years have spent $300 million on politics," Murphy said. "So, you either can't raise enough money to compete, and they swamp you ... or you spend your own money, but if you're a self-funder, the press wants to make that money the issue."
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Labor, Assertion of fact
Jerry Brown
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Nov. 4, 2010Gov.-elect Jerry Brown, warning that Californians sent a message in Tuesday's election that they are "in no mood to add to their burdens" with new taxes, said Wednesday he has begun laying the groundwork for cutting government costs and repairing the "broken process" of producing a state budget.
Source: San Francisco ChronicleTags: Budget, Taxes, Assertion of fact
Jerry Brown
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Nov. 1, 2010In a final jab at his opponent, he told supporters to see the details of his platform on his campaign website. "Whitman's plan is mostly pictures, but I have more respect for you," he said.
Source: San Jose Mercury NewsTags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact, Candidate attack
Jerry Brown
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Nov. 1, 2010"Victory brings even more challenges -- in fact, the campaign is a piece of cake (compared) to fixing the budget," he said. "I didn't make this mess, but I sure want to fix it."
Source: San Jose Mercury NewsTags: Budget, Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact, Policy or issue position
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 29, 2010At a press conference, Whitman said she was not surprised by the aggression of her opponents, which she said betrayed fear that she would slash their "lavish pensions" and other benefits. "What you see is that the unions are fighting for the control they've had in Sacramento for the past 10 to 15 years," she said.
Source: Los Angeles TimesTags: Campaigns and politics, Labor, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 28, 2010In a memo sent to reporters Thursday, Whitman adviser Mike Murphy insisted the race was still up for grabs. "As of last night, in two separate tracking polls conducted over the last 72 hours, the race is now tied in one poll and Meg leads by +1 in the other. Among early voters who say they have already cast their ballots, Meg Whitman is leading by 3 points."
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Jerry Brown
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Oct. 28, 2010"I think we're doing all the things we need to get Jerry's message out," campaign spokesman Sterling Clifford said.
Source: Capitol Alert (Sacramento Bee)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 28, 2010“Do not be confused by the L.A. Times poll,” she said, to applause. “What’s up with that? Every year, they do a poll about a week out from the election that is designed to show the candidate they’ve endorsed is winning.”
Source: PolitiCal (Los Angeles Times)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 28, 2010"I saw today that former Governor Gray Davis says that if Jerry Brown is elected, we will have a special election in the spring to ask voters for even higher taxes. Talk about March Madness! More taxes in a recession. And Gray Davis ought to know; he was Jerry Brown's right hand man for years. Voters, you are warned. Jerry Brown will bring more spending, more taxes and more lost jobs to California." -- Meg Whitman, Republican nominee for Governor
Source: Meg Whitman campaignTags: Taxes, Assertion of fact, Candidate attack
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 28, 2010Still, Whitman remained optimistic. "Our internal polls show that actually we are surging right now," she said in Stockton. "Momentum is moving my way. This race is a dead heat."
Source: Capitol Alert (Sacramento Bee)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Assertion of fact
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 28, 2010Whitman said that while she would not raise taxes, Brown would. "Voters be warned," Whitman said. "If Jerry Brown is the next governor, you're going to see a tax increase, and it's not what California needs."
Source: Capitol Alert (Sacramento Bee)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Taxes, Assertion of fact, Candidate attack, Promise
Meg Whitman
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Oct. 27, 2010Whitman has also pledged to take on the state's powerful unions. "It's gonna take someone who treats Californians like a grown up, who tells Californians the way it really is, who puts a positive way forward and has the backbone to take on the entrenched interests in Sacramento," said Whitman.
Source: KGTV (ABC - San Diego)Tags: Campaigns and politics, Labor, Leadership style, Assertion of fact
