Meg Whitman has already spent $90 million on her campaign for governor, pumping out position papers and filling the airways with TV commercials. Although the Republican candidate has never held elective office, the Field Poll says she’s just one point behind California’s most experienced politician. Attorney General Jerry Brown had no opposition for the Democratic nomination and didn’t need a campaign, and so far, he doesn’t have one. Bruce Cain is Director of the University of California Center in Washington, DC.