I brought this story in last week but didn't get a chance to read it. It's from last week's LA Times coverage of the first Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown gubernatorial debate. Since this story has been published, allegations that Meg Whitman hired, and then fired, an "illegal immigrant," the race has gotten more intense, with both candidates making personal attacks towards each other. I thought the lede for the first story was very good and colorful and set up a good picture of what these debates were like. The first two paragraphs are:
In a blustery and vigorous first debate, gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown dueled Tuesday over their differing solutions to California's dire problems, with Whitman slighting Brown as a tool of labor unions and Brown excoriating her as a billionaire running for office to benefit the rich.
From start to finish, the one-hour debate was a distillation of the months of the general election race, its tone set by an early question about how each would grapple with the state's $19-billion budget deficit. After Democrat Brown said he would bring all parties together, Republican Whitman seized on his vow.
You can read the full story here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-governor-debate-20100929,0,3751700.story
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