I Read the Candidates' Books ... so You Won't Have To

I Read the Candidates' Books ... so You Won't Have To

We know this much about who will win the Republican primaries for U.S. Senate and governor and who will represent Democrats in those races: The winners will be writers. To better understand the candidates, I read three memoirs, a book compilation of 18 radio interviews and three novels. I skipped GOP Senate hopeful Tom Campbell's legal textbook. So sue me.

Steve Poizner: State insurance commissioner, GOP candidate for governor.

Book: "Mount Pleasant."

National Public Radio's Ira Glass read Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's memoir, "Mount Pleasant," about his time as a volunteer teacher in a San Jose...