Links:

*  Poizner, sounding like somebody who is trailing badly in the polls, claims they don’t mean anything yet. There is some truth to that, but with Whitman matching and exceeding his spending, he’s going to need some big movement in the next 2 months.

*  Rumors are swirling that Tom McClintock will endorse Richard Pombo’s return to Congress in the 19th District. Looks like that’s going to be a nasty primary.

*  Greg Lucas reminds us that electricity ratepayers are still paying for Enron’s manipulation of our electricity system almost ten years ago.

*  Former Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata is running an initiative for a cigarette tax, and oh, by the way, is also running for mayor of Oakland. The committee for the initiative paid Ignacio De La Fuente, an Oakland councilman, $25,000 for outreach.

* Steve Cooley, LA County DA, officially launched his exploratory committee for AG.