links for 2010-03-08

Forcier writes that Carly Fiorina was responsible for the drop in Hewlett-Packard's stock price from $72.37 to $21.48 over the period of Feb. 10, 1999 to Feb. 10, 2005.

To be fair, perhaps Mr. Forcier should have compared the drop in other technology companies stock price over the same period.

For example, Cisco Systems fell from $98.56 to $17.53 over that same span, Intel Corp. from $128.81 to $23.50 and Microsoft from $160.62 to $26.06.
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Just Sayin…….

The Carly Fiorina campaign is calling for Campbell to correct the record and change his website: “Tom Campbell has refused to release this letter despite repeated calls for him to do so. Now we know why. The content of the letter itself, and the date on which it was written reveal that what Tom Campbell told voters in Friday’s debate about his relationship with Al-Arian—and just as importantly, what he knew about him at the time—is quite simply false.” A Fiorina aide goes further, telling me: “Tom Campbell flat out lied in the debate about what he knew and when he knew it, and he flat out lies on his new Campbell ‘facts’ website — it’s so brazen you have to wonder he’s convinced himself that he doesn’t have a terrorism problem.”
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How inconsistent can you be? The television commercials are being written as I write.

Democrats have been quiet as the controversy swirls over Tom Campbell and his record on Israel and associations with Islamic extremists. They are perhaps biding their time to attack in the general election. If Campbell is to be the nominee, there is no use unloading now. But Ira N. Forman of the National Jewish Democratic Council has weighed in, telling me via email:

This past weekend former Congressman Tom Campbell complained he was being attacked as an anti-Semite. Despite Campbell’s protestation this is not an issue of anti-Semitism. Campbell simply does not have a great record of support for the U.S.-Israel relationship — his relationship with Sami al-Arian is just one manifestation of that record. For the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), the 11th Commandment — thou shall not criticize another Republican — is more important than their ongoing claim that they are all about Israel’s security.
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Campbell's record is inconsistently explained and weak on Israel

On the surface, it may seem odd that, two years into his first term after barely surviving an expensive and brutal campaign for state Senate, Ventura County lawmaker Tony Strickland is already taking aim at a higher office. But for a lot of reasons, his decision to run for controller makes sense.
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Absolutely makes sense and since his wife Audra is termed out of the Assembly and in a tight race for County Supervisor she can run for his State Senate seat should Tony win the Controller race.

US Senate
Chuck DeVore 194 – 68.6%
Carly Fiorina 89 – 31.4%

Governor (Round 1)
Steve Poizner 176 – 63.8%
Meg Whitman 66 – 23.9%
Larry Naritelli 34 – 12.3%

Governor (Round 2)
Steve Poizner 178 – 79.1%
Meg Whitman 47 – 20.9%

Gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner and U.S. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore are trailing significantly in their bids for the respective Republican nominations, but they got a bit of a boost today when they won the endorsements of the California Republican Assembly at the group’s Buena Park convention.

My colleague Niyaz Pirani yesterday talked to folks at the conservative grassroots group’s 75th Anniversary confab, and some said they needed to consider viability as well as positions in making its endorsements. But idealism seemed to carry the day. Poizner (11 percent) trails Meg Whitman (41 percent) in the GOP gubernatorial race, and DeVore (8 percent) trails Tom Campbell (27 percent) and Carly Fiorina (16 percent), according to a January poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Meg Whitman is far ahead in the Gov race and the GOP nominee for CA-Sen will not be DeVore. So, the CRA endorsement is worthless.