It sounds more and more like she'll be running for Governor of California. Her biggest assets will be her assets (she's a billionaire) and the fact that eBay is generally regarded as one of the great Silicon Valley success stories. Her two most likely competitors for the GOP nomination are Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner (also loaded) and former Congressman Tom Campbell. Campbell was most recently the Dean of the Haas Business School (Go Bears!) and is probably one the five smartest people I've ever met.
Campbell has long been a moderate voice within the Republican ranks and Poizner and Whitman tend to lean that way as well. It will be interesting to see if someone moves to the right or if a movement conservative candidate emerges. Maybe Moose Lady wants to move down from Alaska.
Can Meg Whitman emerge as the nominee or will she flame out like Al Checchi did in 1998?
NY Times profiles her here.
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