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*  Oh, snap, Meg Whitman is going to release the dreaded Steve Poizner moderate tapes.

*  Google CEO (and big Obama supporter) Eric Schmidt donated $12,900 to Jerry Brown.  Why not the full $25K that he could donate to a candidate for governor in the primary? Perhaps he’s a bit worried for his finances; they might retreat a few million next week.

*  Asm. Sam Blakeslee made his run for the 15th Senate district official.

*  Chucky D: always the optimist.