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If Meg Whitman had run an identical campaign but only had access to Jerry Brown-level campaign funds, she would almost certainly be polling in the low single digits. Between being publicly caught lying constantly by virtually every newspaper and local TV news program in the state, the crap with her housekeeper being at odds with her stance on immigration, and her shady business past, there's just no way she'd be polling in the 40% range without millions and millions of dollars in PR.
We've needed public financing for a very, very long time. Corporate money dictates too much policy. Politicians beholden to corporate interests are too big a problem to ignore.
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