Chris Cillizza, a well respected Beltway Pundit, handicaps the CA Gov Primaries thusly:

4. California governor (Republican primary): Handicapping this race is next to impossible. Supporters of former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman point to her fundraising success, her wealth and her business profile as evidence that she is a national star in the making. Backers of state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who also is wealthy, argue that Whitman is all show and no substance, and that voters will see through her consultant-heavy campaign. Still others believe that neither Whitman nor Poizner is the sort of candidate that California Republican primary voters are looking for and believe that a true conservative could get in the race and win the primary.

3. California governor (D): The story lines in the Democratic gubernatorial race are the stuff of great fiction. One candidate is running for the job he held more than three decades ago and has spent the intervening years running for president (three times) and the Senate (once). The other candidate is young and charismatic, and has made national headlines for his aggressive advocacy of gay marriage as well as for problems in his own marriage. Whether state Attorney General Jerry Brown or San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom winds up as the nominee, the path each man takes promises to be riveting.

See his entire column here.

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