Meg Whitman - former CEO of eBay - has campaign budget soar to nearly nine digits

Thank God for all of those Beanie Babies. Meg Whitman, an aspiring Governor of California and former billionaire CEO of online auctions company eBay has set a new personal record for campaign spending.

Reports are now in that put Whitman's total campaign budget thus far at almost $100 million.

The Whitman campaign reported on Monday that $20 million had been spent within just six weeks ending June 30. Her campaign is said to have spent $71 million to win the GOP primary against Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

According to a number of reputable sources, Whitman has put around $91 million of her own money into the campaign and continues to seek further donations from wealthy individuals from across the country.

She is, however, set to face some formidable competition on this front from her Democratic challenger Jerry Brown. Brown has received almost $14,000 from Dreamworks Animation alone - a company where Whitman once served as a board member.

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Release of Bush memoir has Republicans worried

Republicans are, by all accounts, getting quite concerned about the secrets and revelations contained in the new memoir of former Republican president George W. Bush, which could affect the party's performance at the polls come November.

Although the book, named Decision Points, is not to be released until November 9, details from the text have been leaked a number of times.

There is still some debate at this stage as to how the book's publication could affect the party's following and reputation within its core voters. Some Republicans, according to author Matt Latimer, argue that the book could help the Republican party by reminding people of all the things they liked about Bush.

Democrats, on the other hand, generally welcome the memoir - including its November release date - because many believe it will help them too by putting voters' faith in Republicanism in doubt.

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Will Meg Whitman be like this with the budget of California?

Meg Whitman, the former CEO of internet auctions company eBay, and a wannabe governor of California has had questions raised, primarily over her explosive temper and lack of fiscal control.

With so much money being spent on Whitman's campaign (she recently injected $20 million more into her campaign), one is lead to ask: "will she be this reckless with the budget of the state that she's bidding to run.

Many have speculated that this is merely a step to her lifelong ambition of becoming President, and that it would merely be useful to have been the governor of a large state beforehand.

Whatever the motivation is, she sure is throwing a lot of money at it.

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