Whitman, Brown get celebrity support

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If you’re among those who still can’t decide whom to vote for for California governor, we may have reached the pivotal campaign moment you’ve been waiting for. Forget the latest ads and stump speeches, never mind the recent polls and policy positions. Finally, two titans of the California political landscape have weighed in with their thoughts on the race, and they could just tip the balance in this closest of gubernatorial elections.

At long last, Alec Baldwin and Paul Rodriguez have spoken.

Meg Whitman announced via news release Monday that she has received the endorsement of Rodriguez, a comedian and political activist. Rodriguez is the chairman of the Latino Water Coalition, a group funded and backed by large agricultural interests in the Central Valley.

Whitman can use all the help she can get in Fresno, after comments made last week calling the city ‘awful.’ She also has been working hard to move more Latinos into the (R) column.

Rodriguez called Whitman an ‘independent-thinking candidate who is committed to what we care about most: jobs and education’ in a release sent by the Whitman campaign.

Baldwin, meanwhile, announced his support for Brown in a scathing anti-Whitman column on the Huffington Post website. Baldwin called Whitman ‘a business success story who now believes that power is her next entitlement and governing is the next challenging hobby.’

-- Anthony York in Sacramento