Women of power

After a decade building eBay into an e-commerce giant, Meg Whitman stepped down last year. Now she's even more in the spotlight, campaigning for the GOP slot in California's 2010 gubernatorial election.

Although she's been called out for failing to vote in some elections over the past decade, Whitman thinks she has what it takes: "I've successfully balanced budgets, run large organizations, and created jobs my entire business career. And the next governor is going to have to do those things really, really well."

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