I don't know why, but Brown never bores me.

The fact that California elected Jerry Brown, then Ronald Reagan and now has elected Schwrzenegger and Brown at the same time gives creedence to my hot/cold, left/right theory of American electoral politics, that we'll elect somebody, left them do their thing for awhile until they fuck up or prove ineffectual, then elect the other side. Rinse. Repeat.

By electing these two at the same time we can accelerate the process so they can chase eachother around the office like Dagwood Bumstead and Mr. Dithers.

I'm appalled that an interviewer for the Paper of Record assumed that an elected Attorney General is "answerable" to a Governor.

The USAG is answerable to the President, but also Congress (through impeachment). Brown is probably impeachable by the California legislature, but there isn't a damned thing the Governator can do to him. I am surprised that he says Schwarzenegger hasn't even called him -- I thought Arnold was considered to be moving toward a more bipartisan position during the campaign.

Anyway, most of you probably aren't old enough to remember Brown running for President, when he was called "Governor Moonbeam".

I'm appalled that an interviewer for the Paper of Record assumed that an elected Attorney General is "answerable" to a Governor.

I am surprised that you are appalled -- besides their consistently getting slapped around by various right-wing, talk-radio and Internet thugs, there's not much to be said in favor of the graying lady, as of now.

Brown running for President

the only thing funnier than the flat tax proposal was the hilarious Rolling Stone "endorsement". it's also quite funny that California Democrats chose Brown -- not Gore Vidal -- as candidate for Senate in 1982. Just imagine Vidal inveighing on the Senate floor -- waaaaaaaaay better than the Harris Wofford surrogate he had to play in "Bob Roberts"

Actually, it was Ronald Reagan, then Jerry Brown. His father, Pat Brown, was elected before Ronald Reagan.

Hell, he was called "Governor Moonbeam" while he was Governor. I am old enough and lived in California when that happened. I think he seems centrist now because the issues he was concerned about then: the environment etc. are more broadly accepted now. Then there was the time the State elected a Republican Lieutenant Governor while Jerry Brown was Governor. It made for interesting times when ole Jerry left the state, and Mike Curb running the show.

Here's an interview with the interviewer, Deborah Solomon. She says her job requires "no special talent" and that she "fell into it". Apparently her real job is financial reporter.

Google shows she gets raked over the coals a lot.

It also shows that Royko gave Brown that nickname because he actually proposed that California launch its own satellite for emergency communications. Okay, that may have seemed a bit outlandish in 1978, but .... California, if it were independent, would be in the top ten rankings of nations in population, economy, and a bunch of other things.

Anyway, I'm not so sure he was ever really that far out of centrist politics. Aside from the Buddhism and some ecological positions.

So, do your kids have to meditate in school now?

So, do your kids have to meditate in school now?

I'm against Om-Schooling.

*favorites the previous comment*

Anyway, I'm not so sure he was ever really that far out of centrist politics. Aside from the Buddhism and some ecological positions.

Ten years ago, I met a serious right-winger from Southern California.

He would go on at length about "Hanoi Jane." He would also go on at length about the evils of eating red meat.