California bucked Tuesday's Republican wave and returned Jerry Brown to its governor's mansion, three decades after the Democrat last served, meaning Meg Whitman blew $140 million of her own cash to just get beat up on TV. Twitter erupted in schadenfreude upon seeing the eBay millionaire taken down a notch.
#Thankfulfor Meg Whitman being unsuccessful with her "Buy It Now" approach to her CA gubernatorial campaign.
j0d3y
j0d3y
I bet Meg Whitman's leaving some seriously scathing negative feedback for CA voters right now.
delrayser
delrayser
Whitmanfreude
Brian Beutler
brianbeutler
Meg Whitman projected to lose, making her personal campaign funding worst CA investment besides Clippers season tickets.
pourmecoffee
pourmecoffee
Jerry Brown takes CA. Meg Whitman now ready to re-hire her maid but early reports say she's been deported. #election
Goodnight Burbank
GoodniteBurbank
Whitman could have given me her $140M and come away with her feeling of self worth in tact.
roadkillrefugee
rkref
jerry brown wins, despite all that ebay money #megfail
Oliver Willis
owillis
Nothing says "change" like Jerry Brown being governor again. #suededenimsecretpolice #californiauberalles
mattyglesias
mattyglesias
what will the California economy do without Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina's stimulus spending?
Justin Fox
foxjust
Imagine if Meg Whitman had spent that $163 million sending 2,500 California students to college. Better press than any of those ads.
Marc Love
marcslove
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