California: Mudslinging turns voters off

From San Gabriel Valley Times:
CALIFORNIA Democrats want to hear their candidates for governor talking about schools, immigration and the economy. But if they watch television, voters are hearing Phil Angelides and Steve Westly talk about which candidate was the first to launch negative ads, which one is more likely to sell out his environmental principles or which is more likely to raise taxes on the middle class.
That disconnect may be why one-third of likely Democratic voters say they have yet to make up their minds in the race, and more than four in 10 say they don't know enough about either candidate to have much of an impression of them, according to the latest poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. ... [more]