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Quotes from Whitman, Brown on housekeeper flap
Much of Saturday's gubernatorial debate between Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown centered on this week's controversy over Whitman's acknowledgment that she had an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper on the Payroll for nine years and, according to her, didn't know it. She said she fired the housekeeper in June 2009 immediately after being told she was in the country illegally. The attorney for the housekeeper, Nicky Diaz Santillan, produced a 2003 letter from the Social Security...

Whitman: Brown to blame for controversy over her illegal-immigrant housekeeper
Source: Associated Press GOP Candidate Meg Whitman blamed Democratic opponent Jerry Brown for the controversy over an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, as Brown fired back by saying Whitman is not taking accountability for her actions. Soon into their second debate Saturday, Whitman responded to a question about the flap by turning to Brown and saying he and his surrogates were to blame. Brown fired back, saying Whitman was evading responsibility: "Don't run for Governor if you can't stand up...

Meg Whitman blames Jerry Brown for illegal immigrant housekeeper problem
California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman blamed her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown , for the controversy stemming from the fact that for nine years Whitman had Nicky Diaz, an Illegal Immigrant, working for her as a housekeeper. At their second scheduled debate today, Meg Whitman told Jerry Brown that he should be ashamed for putting the housekeeper’s Deportation as risk. What she didn’t do was explain how Brown is responsible for this mess. He didn’t...

Whitman Blames Opponent for Housekeeper Flap
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman blamed Democratic opponent Jerry Brown Saturday for the controversy over her former Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, saying he and his campaign were making the maid a target for Deportation. Whitman had hoped Saturday's debate in the heart of California's Central Valley would showcase her economic credentials and help siphon the support of independent and Hispanic votes away from Democrat Jerry Brown. Instead, the Billionaire former chief executive of...

Whitman: Brown to blame for controversy over her illegal-immigrant housekeeper
Source: Associated Press GOP Candidate Meg Whitman blamed Democratic opponent Jerry Brown for the controversy over an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, as Brown fired back by saying Whitman is not taking accountability for her actions. Soon into their second debate Saturday, Whitman responded to a question about the flap by turning to Brown and saying he and his surrogates were to blame. Brown fired back, saying Whitman was evading responsibility: "Don't run for Governor if you can't stand up...

Media covers for Dem partisan in Whitman Housekeeper Flap
Notice something missing from the] paragraph in an article on how 1970s California Governor Jerry Brown and businesswoman Meg Whitman addressed the issue of the latter’s housekeeper in their recent debate ? The housekeeper’s lawyer has also argued that Whitman and her husband should have known her Immigration status due to a Social Security Administration mailed to their house in 2003. Well, you’re right, there are several things missing. First, writer Jordan Fabian fails to...

Whitman, Brown tangle on immigration, illegal maid
FRESNO, CALIF. — GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman and Democratic rival Jerry Brown traded barbs over Immigration policy and Whitman's Illegal Immigrant housekeeper during a heated debate that was aimed at California's growing Latino population. Both Candidates hoped to score points with the crucial voting bloc during Saturday's face-off, the first to air statewide on Spanish-language television. Whitman acknowledged early on that she cannot win the Governor's race without Latino...

Quotes from Whitman, Brown on housekeeper flap
Much of Saturday's gubernatorial debate between Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown centered on this week's controversy over Whitman's acknowledgment that she had an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper on the Payroll for nine years and, according to her, didn't know it. She said she fired the housekeeper in June 2009 immediately after being told she was in the country illegally. The attorney for the housekeeper, Nicky Diaz Santillan, produced a 2003 letter from the Social Security...

GOP's Whitman blames opponent for housekeeper flap
(10-02) 22:45 PDT Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a Scandal over her former Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, a charge that prompted Brown to fire back and say Whitman won't take responsibility and is not fit to be Governor. The issue dominated the Candidates' second debate, held in one of the most economically distressed regions of the state, after a week that has upended Whitman's campaign. "The real...

Brown, Whitman heatedly debate illegal immigration
Reporting from Fresno — Gubernatorial Candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown tangled Saturday over Whitman's employment of an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, exchanging blistering jabs as they met for their second televised debate. The most direct confrontation between the two Candidates of the election season came when the moderator asked Whitman about revelations earlier this week that she employed Nicandra Diaz Santillan, whom she fired in 2009 after nine years. Whitman has denied...

Whitman Brown Debate Focuses on Immigration
The accusations flew in the Meg Whitman-Jerry Brown California gubernatorial debate today. Here are some excerpts . Whitman: "The real tragedy here is Nicky. After Nov. 2, no one's going to be watching out for Nicky Diaz. And Jerry, you know you should be ashamed, you and your surrogates ... put her Deportation at risk. You put it out there and you should be ashamed for sacrificing Nicky Diaz on the altar of your political ambitions." Brown: "You have blamed her, blamed me, blamed the...

Whitman, Brown spar over housekeeper controversy
A debate between California's Gubernatorial Candidates Saturday centered on the controversy surrounding GOP nominee Meg Whitman's Illegal Immigrant housekeeper. Whitman blamed Democratic nominee Jerry Brown for sparking the controversy while Brown accused Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, of not taking responsibility for her actions, according to the Associated Press . "Don't run for Governor if you can't stand up on your own two feet," Brown said at the event at Cal State-Fresno. AP...

Brown, Whitman heatedly debate illegal immigration
Reporting from Fresno — Gubernatorial Candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown tangled Saturday over Whitman's employment of an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, exchanging blistering jabs as they met for their second televised debate. The most direct confrontation between the two Candidates of the election season came when the moderator asked Whitman about revelations earlier this week that she employed Nicandra Diaz Santillan, whom she fired in 2009 after nine years. Whitman has denied...

Whitman: Brown 'sacrificing' her illegal-immigrant housekeeper for political gain
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman, left, shakes hands with her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown, before the start of their second debate held at California State University, Fresno in Fresno, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FRESNO -- GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a Scandal over her former Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, a charge that prompted Brown to fire back and say Whitman...

"Superliar" Meg Blames Brown for Housekeeper Scandal
In a stunning display of her inability to take accountability for her own actions, California GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman attempted in her debate with Jerry Brown (to be broadcast on Univision this afternoon at 4pm) to shift the blame to her opponent for the Scandal that erupted earlier this week over her nine years’ of illegal employment and related exploitation of her undocumented housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz Santillan. The LATimes PolitiCal blog reports from the debate ,...

Will Allegations from Meg Whitman's Housekeeper Hurt Her in November?
(Credit: AP) California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman was hit with the charge yesterday that she knowingly kept an undocumented worker as her housekeeper -- a damning allegation in a state that struggles with a nagging Illegal Immigration problem but also boasts an increasingly influential Latino electorate. The story puts into focus the delicate line Republican Candidates in California must walk, pledging to take a Conservative approach to Immigration without alienating...

Whitman Housekeeper I-9 Blank Where Employer Signature Belongs
Immigration attorney Greg Siskind has examined copies of the I-9 and employee application completed by Harsh/Whitman housekeeper Nicandra Diaz Santillan, with this finding: the employer (Whitman) never signed the I-9 employment paperwork. This makes Meg’s claim that she examined the paperwork and found it acceptable impossible to prove . There’s no way for Meg Whitman to claim she ever saw the paperwork, as required by law . Neither she — nor her husband — ever...

Whitman Blames Opponent for Illegal Immigrant Maid Flap
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a Scandal over her former Illegal Immigrant housekeeper, a charge that prompted Brown to fire back and say Whitman won't take responsibilit...

Jerry's New Ads; Meyer on Meg; R = eMeg Squared
With Team Whitman furiously trying to spin away the story about Meg Whitman’s undocumented housekeeper and both sides preparing for today’s Univision debate in Fresno, Jerry Brown unloaded two new ads designed to keep Whitman on defense. One is a positive saying Brown balanced Budgets without raising taxes and took on Wall Street banks, Mortgage scammers and Public officials. “Knowledge and know-how that works for you” is the slogan — a subtle suggestion that he...

Brown’s immigration smear of Whitman continues to unravel.
Two things to take away from this San Francisco Chronicle article (H/T: The Other McCain ) on Jerry Brown’s Gloria Allred’s nonsensical attacks on Meg Whitman : First, this sentence: “Lawyers said an employer’s obligation upon receiving a no-match letter from the Social Security Administration is to check their own records for typographical or other errors, inform the employee that the records do not match and tell the employee to correct them.” Which...

Brown's immigration smear of Whitman continues to unravel.
Two things to take away from this San Francisco Chronicle article (H/T: The Other McCain ) on Jerry Brown’s Gloria Allred’s nonsensical attacks on Meg Whitman : First, this sentence: “Lawyers said an employer’s obligation upon receiving a no-match letter from the Social Security Administration is to check their own records for typographical or other errors, inform the employee that the records do not match and tell the employee to correct them.” Which is...

Maid dispute could hurt Whitman's Latino strategy
Sacramento, Calif. (AP) — The airwaves in California have been dominated by images of a teary Immigrant housekeeper claiming she was mistreated by her Billionaire employer and turned away when she asked for Citizenship help. It's far from the message Republican Meg Whitman wants to send to the state's crucial Latino voting bloc as she runs for Governor. Whitman is accused of knowingly having the Illegal Immigrant housekeeper from Mexico on her Payroll for several years in a revelation...

Meg Whitman's illegal housekeeper a focus of California Governor's debate
The second California gubernatorial debate between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman , which took place on Saturday in Fresno , was ironically co-hosted by Spanish-language television network Univision , which lent a Hispanic focus to the event. The debate took place against revelations that Whitman had employed an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper for nine years, and this controversy became a central feature of the debate. Whitman was asked why she did not show compassion...

Meg Whitman's illegal housekeeper a focus of California Governor's debate
The second California gubernatorial debate between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman , which took place on Saturday in Fresno , was ironically co-hosted by Spanish-language television network Univision , which lent a Hispanic focus to the event. The debate took place against revelations that Whitman had employed an Illegal Immigrant housekeeper for nine years, and this controversy became a central feature of the debate. Whitman was asked why she did not show compassion...

Bad Timing For eMeg
Get the picture: California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman is locked in a close race with Jerry Brown. With the help of well over $100 million, shes survived an unexpectedly tough Primary and has managed to avoid the sort of Right-wing issue positions that Republicans elsewhere are avidly embracing. But in heavily Democratic California, one of the few states in which President Obamas Approval Ratings have remained in positive territory throughout the year, Whitmans...