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Long warring enemies have suddenly negotiated a historic compromise over how much money medical malpractice victims can be awarded for pain and suffering, columnist George Skelton writes.
Crushing her only challenger in the republican primary, steve poisner, an elected official. she's up 63-14. in january, that gap was less than 30 points. and even that was considered a bluff. but the big news out of the poll is that she leads, though narrowly, democrat jerry brown, she was down ten points to him as recently as january. whitman has been on the air, brown has not. brown himself doesn't want to play the bad guy in the race, something actually he made clear on tuesday to a group of labor union members whom brown wants to actually pay for his negative ads. take a listen to him. >> ...
Tom costello. >> he did that demo for us on friday and didn't point out that feature. >> well, i'm glad that didn't happen on our show. let's take a look now at the "morning papers." we'll start with "the new york times." the u.s. is reining in special forces in afghanistan. general mcchrystal has most of the forces under his direct control for the first time. the concern for civilian characters and units in the field. the front-page photo shows crews helping a woman to safety in the flooded neighborhoods in little falls, new jersey. and "the san francisco chronicle," after months of inter...
Into what he says is his competitor's attempts to get him, force him out of the race. he cited an e-mail from meg whitman's top strategist, mark murp murphy, that he says was sent to his campaign. take a listen. >> and the e-mail had a crystal clear message. steve poisner, don't file, get out of the race or else. and the or else part was, if you don't get out, then we will spend $40 million, quote, tearing you up. let me be clear that i think meg whitman has any right not to vote for most of her life. meg whitman has every right not to debate. she has every right not to answer your questions. ...
For the democrats. the 14th district, it's where down state illinois begins. when you hear people talking about down state. democrat bill foster shocked the state with his upset win in a special election. can he hold in lean republican district in a year like this? we shall see. denis hastert's son, by the way, is running. this is dennis hastert's hold house seat. the eighth district, held by democrat melissa bean. republicans have been trying to win it back forever. this is the first chance they're going to get in a bad democratic climate. we shall see how she does. and in the 11th district, ...