I have a hard time taking
Meg Whitman seriously because I feel like she is wearing one of George Washington's wigs.


But, I have to take her seriously because she has a fighting chance of winning the November gubernatorial race against old kook
Jerry Brown.
Last night was their first
debate, and I think it was more informative than these events typically are. Though, as Steve Lopez points out
here, we don't have any concrete plans for how to prevent California from becoming one large privately-run prison.