PS In The News: Impact of Craigslist-eBay Trial on Whitman Candidacy

Pacific Strategies principal Matthew Cunningham was quoted today in a Contra Costa Times story about the extent to which negative portrayals of Meg Whitman coming from the Craigslist-eBay civil case will impact her campaign for Governor of California:

Conservative commentator Matthew Cunningham, an editor for RedCounty.com, said that it will be tough to change the public’s overall positive view of Whitman.

“I don’t know if one lawsuit can hurt her,” he said. “Voters know what happens in a trial, that there are a lot of charges and countercharges. They won’t take everything at face value.”

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