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My father used to say, you can always recover from a bad plan, but you cannot recover from a no plan. Steve has a plan that includes what California needs desperately. We don't need to cater to special interests. We need to bring more jobs back to California. As Californians we must insist our government run as efficiently as possible instead of the government running us - out of state.
Posted by Christine from , in Our California

I support Steve because he believes in small government, the consitution, tax cuts, business incentives, closing the budget deficent and is against cap and trade - but most of all he is true to his words and believes a government for and by the people. Whether Steve knows it or not he is a Tea Party person.
Posted by Alan from , in Our California

Steve, I've lived in California for 23 years. I left Michigan in the 1980s because I saw where the over-taxing and over-regulating government was headed there. I never in my wildest dreams thought that nightmare would come to California, but it has. If California stays on the path it is now we'll BE Michigan in a very short time. I'll be honest - I'm about to give up and join those that are "voting with their feet". HOWEVER, listening to your plan and looking into your background has made me reconsider that move. Maybe there is hope for California after all. Your plan will not be easy to enact - every special interest (especially the public employee unions) will fight you with every breath in their collective bodies. But with you in the Governor's Office AND the people of the state (those that PULL the wagon, not those riding IN the wagon) with you I think we can pull this transformation off and make this state the example for all the world it used to be and not the butt of jokes it has become.
Posted by William from , in Our California

I will support anyone that is not trying to get more taxes and cost the citiens their lively hood. I retired from the USMC in 1951 and three years later went back to work for the Marines as a Federal Civil servant.I retired in 1995 and applied for Socical Security and was robbed of half of it because I had two retirements. Same for my wife only she only had one retirement. I paid 36 years into Socical Security and my wife over 30. None of the "Demorcrates or Republicans can tell me why i was robbed of half our Socical Security. I was a regisdtered Democrate for most of my voting life and finaly woke up last year about what lying people some of them can be, Changed to regristered "republican in 2008 and think I made the right choice. Donald G. basrker.
Posted by Donald from , in Our California

It is time to get on with the real business of California, we need a person that is dedicated to lead, strong enough to cut the majority of the wasteful programs, put a stop to the illegal Migration into our state, hold true to the values of the people and not to those in power, we need an independant thinker with conservative values and moral judgement. California will be further lost if we do not have the intelligence to see that Meg Whitman is a progressive, environmentalist, faux republican who only cares about her personal gain rather then the success of the State..She is not willing to debate the issues and has a terrible voting record for being someone so interested in the political issues of California...Vote California, but do not vote Meg Whitman. Steve Poizner is a much better choice.
Posted by Beverly from Quartz Hill, CA in Our California

The only choice is Steve Poizner. He is out there. You can meet him. I have. He will shake your hand. Smile. And, he will look you right in the eyes. He doesn't dodge questions or the press. He knows the issues and he has smart solutions. And he can beat Jerry Brown. No one else can.
Posted by Jack from , in Our California

THANK YOU Steve for fighting ANTHEM BLUE CROSS outragious rate increase on our behalf! You have my vote now!
Posted by kris from , in Our California

Steve Poizner supports lowering our taxes and in raising the revenue of all businesses in California large and small. He is also looking for ways to help improve our educational system to return and become one of the best educational systems in the entire United States. I endorse and support Steve Poizner hands down as our future Governor for all of California.
Posted by Francisco from Redwood City, CA in Our California

Finally, someone to stand up to the politicians and work on the real issues. By the way what about the problem of illlegals infiltrating our state, using our resources and not paying into the system!!!!!
Posted by Patricia from , in Our California

My husband, family, friends and I support Poizner because we believe he has common senese and logical ideas on how to get California back on path. My family are democrats and my husband & I are republicans, we share he common beleif that California is in a lot of trouble and Steve Poizner is our next & only choice for govenor.
Posted by Christina from , in Our California

I support Steve because he presents a calm, strong, reasonable answer for California's problems.
Posted by Betty from , in Our California

When I first heard that Meg Wittman is a supporter of 9/11 "thruther" Van Jones I was apauled!! How can this person support a man that loves a man that thinks that 9/11 was a conspiarcy. But thats not the reason why im simply supporting Steve. Steve is a man of his word and will stand up to the big government and the big government supporters at Sacramento. GO STEVE!!
Posted by Roberto from , in Our California

I applaud Steve Poizner's tenacity for standing up against "business as usual politics" requesting his silent withdrawal in exchange for a future political favor and Senate seat! I am appalled by the Whitman camp's Mike Murphy and their flagrant attempt to hijack our 2010 gubernatorial election process. I am a native Californian and a taxpaying citizen for the past 37 years. I am disgusted at how anesthetized we have all become to current political principles and electoral dishonesty. We now toss around the catch phrase "politically correct" as a way of saying this is not what I really think is right but rather the right thing to say for social correctness. When did truth stop being truth and when did we trade in truth for "political correctness?" Los Angeles Times reporter George Skelton calls into question Steve Poizner's ability to govern and stated, "It raises the possibility that Poizner has no stomach for making political deals, the kind of mutual back-scratching needed for any democracy to function." Mr. Skelton even goes as far as to suggest that Mike Murphy's real mistake was putting his offer in writing a lieu of an unverifiable phone call. In other words, wrong is only wrong if you get caught. I don't know about the rest of you but I am sick and tired of business as usual politics with back-scratching backroom deals, negative smear campaigns and the media taking sides to shape public opinion rather than reporting the facts and allowing our citizenry to determine what is right for us. This is the type of politics we have been living with for years and to that I say, "so how is that working out for you?" I can't speak for Meg Whitman's agenda around this recent inappropriate shenanigan but I am sure of this -- I do not want a governor that is willing to silently stand by while "political strategists" attempt to hijack our political process of electing our governing officials. To Steve Poizner I say thank you for not making a backroom deal and for telling the truth, even if the backroom deal could have assured you a seat in the Senate. To Meg Whitman I say, "fire Mike Murphy and run a clean campaign" and if you will not do this and now attempt to make Steve Poizner look like he did something wrong, you are giving us all a preview of your character and a very clear demonstration of what we should expect from you if we vote you into the Governor's office.
Posted by Michael from , in Our California

I was glad to hear Steve on the Bill Handel Show this morning on KFIAM640. It seems to me that the biggest difference in the campaign styles between he and Whitman is analagous to the difference between Madison Avenue and Social Media. People are increasingly mistrusting of the old Madison-Avenue-you'll-get-information-when-we-say-you-can adverstising. Transparency, which everyone wants these days, promises but never gives, is really only through social media.
Posted by Bridget from Dana Point, CA in Our California

Just heard Steve on the Bill Handel show on KFI radio. He answered Handel's tough questions well. He appeared on the unscripted show, unlike Whitman who chickened out and declined. I'm going to read Steve's website now and hope that he has a strong stand against illegal immigration. Not one dime should go to any social services that support illegal aliens when AMERICANS are loosing their jobs in this economic recession! Laws prohibiting the hiring of illegals MUST be enforced.
Posted by Kevin from , in Our California

I support Steve Poizner because he has the proven track record to do what he says. Steve is a conservative whos values and principles embody the kind of leader we need to turn California around. Go Steve!!
Posted by Ronald from Santa Paula, CA in Our California

I saw Steve at Leisure World yesterday. He was very positive and informative. He is certainly qualified to be Gov. It is nice to have someone who has a proven message. We all say we want change but only if it doesn't affect our comfort zone.
Posted by marilyn from , in Our California

I personally support how Mr. Poizner has stood up to what I believe and concur to be illegal attempts by Meg Whitman to intimidate him and keep him out of the Governor race. Meg Whitman's campaign marks a new low in campaigns and she would be a terrible Governor in my personal opinion. Great job standing up to her intimidation. We need new leadership in California I believe that will prioritize education and equal rights in marriage. Until gays can lawfully marry, no marriage is safe in my opinion.
Posted by Fabrice from , in Our California

I am supporting Poizner because Meg Whitman will raise taxes. Just take a look at her tenure at ebay. Instead of growing the business to generate more revenue she increase fees on Sellers, essentially a tax on peoples success. She then took the money and bought a Luxumborg based phone company and later a proper CEO had to write it down several billion dollars because she over spent. Meg Whitman will ruin California.
Posted by Eric from , in Our California

I worked for Steve at Strategic Mapping. Always a sincere, energetic leader who understood how to get things done. California needs leadership and I could not think of anyone to do a better job than Steve. All the best in the campaign.
Posted by Drake from King Ferry, NY in Our California

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