Jerry Brown Hints At Another Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times:

California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown spoke at the state Democratic Party convention Saturday, and boy, did he sound an awful lot like a candidate for Golden State governor -- again.

Eerie.

Brown, who served two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983 before term limits took effect, reminded his Democratic audience assembled in San Jose of some of his "highlights," like getting rid of former Gov. Ronald Reagan's bulletproof limousine and using a blue Plymouth from the state motor pool.

Brown said he kept the Plymouth for eight years and put 240,000 miles on it, adding: "Now that's sustainability."

He acknowledged his reputation for coming up with unconventional ideas as governor. "They didn't call me Moonbeam for nothing," said Moonbeam. "I worked hard to get that."

Even so, Brown said, he accomplished more than his Republican successors. "I tried hard not to build freeways, but we built three times more than [Pete] Wilson and [George] Deukmejian combined," he said of his Republican successors. "Even without trying, we did more than those idiots."

After blasting the Bush administration for its record on education and the environment, the current state attorney general and former Oakland mayor hinted to his partisan audience that he might run for governor again in 2010.

"I don't do much these days except sue people," he said. "But maybe one of these days I'll get around to doing more than that, and maybe you'll help me."

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Comments

[bitabingbitabangbitaboom]

RUN JERRY RUN

[jmundstuk]

OMG! Here we go again!

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

You've got my money and my vote.

[HollywoodBill]

Jerry Brown's got about the best chance for a Democratic gubernatorial victory in 2010. Gavin Newsom doesn't have statewide appeal and will never carry the Central Valley nor Southern California. Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa is doing a less than admirable job here in LA and his personal life is making him even unpopular with the Hispanic vote. And Lannie Davis? You gotta be kidding me.

There have only been 4 Democratic Governors during the entire 20th Century and Brown was one of them, as was his father, Pat. They are one of those magical local political dynasties that understand the state. People tend to think of the state as some hotbed of liberal political activism when in reality California tends to its roots: A Western agricultual state with libertarian leanings. The Browns understand this.

And the California Republicans are promising an interesting candidate. Meg Whitman, who is McCain's point person in CA, and a self made billionaire is actively being courted by Duff Sundheim, who represents the moderate wing of the CA GOP. She is a social liberal, pro choice and can fund her own campaign--a necessity in a state where 40 million was spent by the losing candidate in the primary last time. And interestingly enough, California has never had a woman governor.

Brown against Whitman could present us with a great political race in 2010.

[research]

Run Jerry!

You were the best governor California ever had.

You would make a great president too.

[HumeSkeptic]

Go Jerry! Just tell us when to get started.

[citizenofmars]

Please God- No! As California Attorney General he has allowed the DEA to run rampant over medical marijuana guidelines, raiding dispensaries and private homes in a disgusting power play that uses sick people as pawns. His formwer fiefdom, the city of Oakland, reached it's pinnacle of murderous mayhem under Brown. Gang shootings and street crime increased in direct proportion to Brown's promised cure. He's still a prudish Jesuit at heart, and his vaunted 'liberal' image matters only to those outside of California. The Natives of this state have rejected him for very good reasons. He's more of a Republican than Arnold!

[geobushono]

RUN JERRY.....­..........­..You were an excellent Governor.
The California Dems who have lost their way, will once again have an Excellent Candidate.­..........­...and in CA you can't go wrong with bone fide Buddhist/Jesuit .

[grumbles]

The look on AHNOLD"S face-----p­riceless!!­!!!!!!

[GOP4MoreTears]

No more GOP, bring back the gold in the Golden State.

[Ping]

Jerry Brown will always be OK in my book.

[IndependentMeans]

Yes, live here, it would be GREAT, really liked him as Governor!!!

[nellie]

Live here, too. And I thought term limits meant no more than two terms, consecutive or not. Am I mistaken?

[CheGuevara]

He was Governor before term limits were enacted, so he could serve two more terms under California law before he hit the term limits wall.

Frankly, he should run, he'd win. Very popular in California, even more now as a cantankerous curmudgeon of an Attorney General.

[situationcritical]

Please Gerry...an­ything. Just get Arnold out of office. PLEASE! You're the Attorney General, surely you can find something on him.

[rojo7449]

I don't live in California, but I have always enjoyed Jerry Brown.

Had not heard that Mike Gravel switched parties until this article. It sure was a quiet departure from the democratic race.

[nellie]

And he joined the libertarian party. So Gravel doesn't believe in regulating banking or the food industry or pollution? That doesn't sound like the Mike Gravel who ran for president.

[abbiehoffmansghost]

Good for him; I hope he does. Now, in Arnold's defense, I thought for sure he was going to be a grade A screw up like Bush was in Texas; he's surprised me.

[IndependentMeans]

Well, no, he is an A - screw up. Sucks to live in the state he runs. He is against PERS, even though they do not get social security, he believes the word "NO" does not apply to any casino, and he is a gas guzzling jerk.

[abbiehoffmansghost]

My error, glad I'm on the other side of the country.