Chelene Nightingale

[DerailAmnesty.com]

This is an excerpt from an L.A. Times article (today's issue) that focused on the success Carly "I heart the DREAM Act" Fiorina is having with Tea Partiers (not good news for Chelene):

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has backed away from the conservative rhetoric she used during the primary on immigration and climate change as she has tried to appeal moderate and independent voters. And she has not held any public campaign events with tea party groups since the primary. Fiorina, however, has hewed closely to her conservative stances and welcomed their support.

The differing approaches are one reason why a number of tea partyers in Clovis said Saturday that they were more willing to sign up to help Fiorina than Whitman. Their ambivalence was reflected even in the "Central Valley Tea Party Times," a pamphlet that was handed out at the door.

Fiorina's name was at the top of the list of "voting recommendations" that included 13 state races. There was no recommendation for the governor's race.

Betty Van Valkenburg, a retired small-business owner from Clovis who puts the newsletter together, said that although many Central Valley tea partyers are fully behind Fiorina, there has been less enthusiasm for Whitman. Ultimately, she said, the group did not recommend a candidate in the governor's race because its members were divided between Whitman and Chelene Nightingale, the American Independent Party nominee.