Poizner, Whitman both deploy exaggeration in attack ads
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:00
in Mathematics & Economics
As the rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination try to paint each other as liberal, in truth their profiles are fairly similar. As a central theme of Meg Whitman's many commercials attacking Steve Poizner, her Republican rival for governor, she has told voters that he helped to undercut Proposition 13, the 1978 ballot initiative that has kept property taxes in check.