Arizona is running for the Republican nomination in California.   Demi-billionaire Steve Poizner has decided to base what is left of his campaign upon the notion that the California Republicans will vote for him because he is keener on Arizona than he is on the state of California.  Late news tonight is that a new poll shows Poizner closing the gap by two points for the June 8 primary.  Late late news is that a new new poll shows billionaire Meg Whitman opening a 27-point gap, 54 to 27.  Perhaps the Arizona portion of the vote went back to Tuscon.  

The big news from the SurveyUSA Poll is that merely well-to-do Carly Fiorina, after trailing modest Tom Campbell for many months, now leaps into a commanding 46 to 23 percent lead, with the Arizona booster Chuck Devore trailing badly with 14.  Fiorina has avoided the Arizona quandary so far, and it is unlikely to be a stumble with the time left.  Campbell is out of money.  Campbell originally decided he could challenge Whitman, then switched to the Senate primary when he figured that his name recognition would outlast Fiorina's caginess.  Didn't work.  Fioria has used her cash advantage these last days to buy name recognition with bio ads and to leap over Demon Sheep himself and 'way ahead in the electability story.