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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:04 AM Original message |
Jerry Brown back on top after scorning Dems - Frontrunner for governor in CA. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. talk about coming full circle.... n/t |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good. Maybe now California can get back on track with better |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. And what many may have forgotten is that he ran for president. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There wasn't a presidential election in 1990 |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Well I sometimes get the dates wrong |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Probably why he lost. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. LOL |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
61. That might explain why he wasn't ever elected. |
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theblasmo (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Worked for him |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. I voted for him in the primaries |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Good for Jerry, glad to see he's back |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. You cannot listen to Jerry Brown without knowing he has the best |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. The truth is RARELY easy, |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. I hope he runs |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Jerry Rocks, Damn I hope he wins. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. He'll get my vote before Antonio |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. He used to walk to work in Oakland. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Give us news of the future, Californians. Is this a Democratic year for |
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SamCooke (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Gavin Newsom is the way to go. New leadership is needed |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I've nothing against Gavin. |
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Hellataz (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Love for Gavin right here! I'm pulling for him. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Newsom is losing to JErry Brown even in his own area |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. The Bay Area is Brown's area too... |
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Honu one (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. I agree with Gavin on every level politically and think he's a super nice and personable guy, but |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Who was the better mayor? Newsom of SF or Brown of Oakland? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I think it'd be a hard call |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
62. His habit of destroying homeless encampments in the middle of the night with no warning |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gavin Newsom will give him a run for his money. Maybe DiFi too. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I hope Brown wins. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thought Jerry Brown was term limited out. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. the term limits happened after he served as Governor, so they don't apply |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Thanks, I was wondering about that. nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's like he's the only Democrat that California is able to produce. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. individual areas are liberal but the state as a whole is different |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. And that's why Newsom would get his butt kicked. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. I think the tipping factor is name recognition. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Antonio is a "paper cut out" and IMO LA is not in love with him |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. way to get a Republican elected |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Hehe... the city was a mess... and it's still a mess... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. I proudly wrote in Jerry Brown as presidntial candate in 1976. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. never thought i'd be voting for a gubernatorial candidate twice! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Jerry was my gov. when I was a kid ... This is like a weird time warp. nt |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. Good News Jerry Brown is a good man that is a true |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. If he wins, is he gonna cave to the right again like he did on Prop. 13? |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. The last thing we need is ol' moonbeam back in charge |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The man who branded Brown with that nickname, Mike Royko, a Chicago |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I know some of Brown's top aides, and have met Brown. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No case can be made, IMO, that a Brown gubernatorial win would |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. oooookay then. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Brown's candidacy in 1992 was one of the most interesting campaigns |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Quite the resume you collected for Jerry. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Gavin did himself pretty proud, I thought, on the subject of |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. A pretty good overview here from Brown's website: |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. "I am Governor Jerry Brown. My aura smiles and never frowns." |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Hehe... but did you know? |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. Jerry Brown has been a very good Attorney General |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Uhh, just out of curiosity... |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Born in downtown L.A. |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. Governor Moonbeam gets my vote. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. A bucket of fried...er, broiled...chicken could be governor now. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
59. I don't think Brown will be the nominee. Given his statewide recognition 31% is not that great. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. Remember "psychic dollars"? |
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