Whitman calls someone "Dracula" in first gubernatorial debate

With a little over a month until election day in California, former CEO and President of eBay Meg Whitman '78 and Democratic nominee Jerry Brown met to swap insults at the first gubernatorial debate. The showdown was held at the University of California at Davis and was the first of three scheduled in the race to succeed Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.The NBC KCRA-TV channel in Sacramento, a sponsor of the debate, is calling Brown the winner, with polls showing a 57%-43% preference for the former governor and current California Attorney General.Well, regardless of whether she actually could win or not, Whitman still threw some punches. Her most memorable zinger? Apparently, putting Brown in charge of the state's economy when it is in such a wreck would be like "putting Count Dracula in charge of the blood bank."Which is... pretty hilarious. (No offense to Brown or anybody but, really? Dracula? That's a keeper.)But then Brown was all like: "The surplus didn't drop down from the tooth fairy. I created the damn thing," referring to the largest budget surplus in California history, which happened during his last governorship from 1975 to 1983.Dracula and tooth fairies might be fine in southern California but maybe Whitman and Brown will get a little more real during their next debate on Saturday as the candidates face off in Fresno at 11 a.m. And if not, well, hopefully it'll be as entertaining.image source: huffingtonpost.com