The Sacramento Bee has an interesting piece today about the extreme rightward shift by Republican candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner in order to win conservative votes. The-I’m-more-conservative-than-you campaign could seriously backfire because both will have to pivot back to the center after the June Primary to attract independent, moderate voters. In fact, the move to the right by both candidates could provide Jerry Brown with a significant advantage in the fall, because he will be able to paint them as being too extreme by using their own words.
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