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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:33 PM
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Brown's Running
http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/jerry-brown-declares-his-candidacy-go

Jerry Brown Declares His Candidacy For Governorship Of California Again
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Mar 02, 2010 1:00pm



Don't look now, my fellow Californians, but it's official: Governor Moonbeam is back.

Attorney General Jerry Brown will declare his Democratic candidacy for governor Tuesday online, ending months of speculation about his intentions in which Brown insisted he had not yet decided whether to run.<..>

If elected, Brown will win an historic third gubernatorial term after having served two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983. His father Pat Brown also served two terms as California's governor.

Brown faces no Democratic challenger. The most likely candidate, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped out of the race, ostensibly because his fundraising was inadequate to face the Republican challengers, the very wealthy Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner. Brown can seek this third term because term limits had not been enacted at the time he was previously Governor, so therefore do not apply.

I'm a big fan of Jerry Brown, the man as well as the politician. How refreshing to have an unapologetic liberal running after years of Republican rule and a ridiculously hamstrung legislature. Brown has done a very good job as our state Attorney General (one of many public service positions he's held in his life). But I don't know if he has the nest egg of funding that Whitman and Poizner have, so if you'd like to donate to his campaign, you may do so here. http://www.jerrybrown.org/
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:35 PM
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1. Californians -- what do you think of his chances? nt

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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:46 PM
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5. The chances are good among us who remember the job he did the first time.
I don't know if younger voters can be swayed by the crooks and liars propaganda machine that has a huge war chest to spread disinformation.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:27 PM
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8. Thanks. I know among my friends living in CA, it would be a no-brainer to
support him, and they'd welcome the opportunity.

I always assume that younger people can see through the Republican bullshit, but I've been proven wrong again and again.


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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:36 PM
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2. "Governor Moonbeam" - how '70s
:eyes:

Nicole Belle needs to get a grip. A lot of people aren't even old enough to remember that.
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Greenpeach Donating Member (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:46 PM
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4. Some of us are old enough...
to remember his father. I would love to see him as Governor.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:44 PM
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3. I'll vote for him
I liked him the first time around too.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:00 PM
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6. yes INDEED....
I hope he returns to smite Prop 13. What incredible poetic justice THAT would be!
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:07 PM
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7. I was a kid when he was governor
and don't know what "Moonbeam" means but I do know about his days as Mayor for Oakland and of course as the attorney general. My parents voted for him twice and liked him a lot too. I'd say he HAS to be eons ahead of Meg! yuck!
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mulsh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:31 PM
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9. Good, if he wins I won't run into him at any local coffee shops or
restaurants here in Oakland. it's a serious threat from him whenever he's ensconced in the private sector.

BTW Jerry is the only pol I have ever seen out in public, alone, passing out voter info that had no direct relation to any office he ran for. In the 80's I saw him a couple of times standing in the parking lot at Rockridge (Safeway) shopping center passing out info on city initiatives and in the past I've seen him canvassing on local issues around Lake Merritt. Long after he was governor and way before he ran for mayor.

He's got my vote.
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 01:12 PM
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10. .
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The Midway Rebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 01:18 PM
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11. And the media has already started an attack with the "Govenor Moonbeam" comments.
Jerry is a good Democrat IMHO. The MSM HATES this guy! He must be doing something RIGHT!
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