California has a couple interest races for governor with Jerry Brown vs. Meg Whitman, and for Senator Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina.

I would consider my political stand as a moderate Democrat. But for the governor's race, I voted (via absentee) for Meg Whitman. I am sorry Mr. Brown, you were a governor once and the record was so-so. You were the mayor of Oakland, and the record was so-so. Maybe because of my Silicon Valley gene, a good CEO like Meg Whitman is appealing to me. After-all, California has become very business unfriendly and someone with a business background would be helpful. A career business person is more appealing than a career politician to me.

Now, on the other race, I can say the same about Barbara Boxer (career politician) and Carly Fiorina (career business person). There is one BIG different, however, Meg Whitman is a SUCCESSFUL CEO, yet Carly Fiorina is a FAILED CEO. Mrs. Whitman helped built eBay from small startup to a multi-billion dollar business. Yet, Mrs. Fiorina took a highly successful and respected company in HP and nearly destroyed it.

So, in this election, I voted for the Republican Meg Whitman for governor and for the Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer. Although the polls show Brown is winning and Fiorina might win. Well, what do I know?