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New Commercials Not Working For Jerry

The RCP Average shows Meg Whitman continually adding to her numbers on a daily basis. Another uptick as of today as the poll of polls puts Whitman at five points above Governor Moonbeam outside the margin of error.

Meg Gets Clinton Bounce

Following Jerry Brown's latest fail (#34 in a series - collect them all) in which he went on a bizarre rant against Bill Clinton today's latest Real Clear Politics polls show a slight bounce for Meg and a bit of a drop for Jerry.

Even though the former President later offered a tepid endorsement of Jerry (one the LA Times wasn't surprised about) it appears to be too little too late on this issue.  Meg most likely will now pull the ad, the damage having been done and move on to the next salvo.  Leaving Brown little time to recover let alone prep for the coming missive.  Team Whitman has obviously shown they're framing the campaign discussion and so far doing so in their favor.

RCP: Whitman Surges; Boxer-Fiorina Now Neck and Neck

Latest reports from the neutral website Real Clear Politics show some not good news for the two Democrats at the top of the ticket.

RCP has listed for some time both the California Governor and Senate races as toss-ups and continue to do so. However recent polls show both the Republican ladies moving up in recent days.

At the end of August Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman were dead even at 43 and some change points in the RCP poll of polls. However, as of the end of last week Whitman has gained several points on Brown as apparently independents are starting to decide.  As of today, Whitman is up four points over Brown though Brown has been ahead most of the campaign.

Over on the Senate side the race between incumbent Barbara Boxer and businesswoman Carly Fiorina is a squeaker as the former Hewlett-Packard CEO is catching up.  Still a toss-up in RCP's view, even though Boxer has been ahead most of the summer, less than 3/10ths of one percent separate the two in the poll of polls even though individual polls put Fiorina slightly ahead.  Like Whitman, Fiorina has made up considerable ground so far this September.

Stay tuned!