Say it ain’t so! The prototypical California politcian might come back? I have seen him the past few years on television and he actually seems to have matured quite a bit – but come on!  He has long sinced passed his “sell by” date and California needs to be governed on strict conservative, not New Age principles. Jerry Brown is very much a 1970’s politician but I think I know a certain blogger who would be a big Brown supporter.

by Nick Allen

Jerry Brown, 71, a Democrat, has twice before served as governor of the most populous state in the US and was nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam” after proposing that California deploy communications satellites into space.

He previously chose to live in an apartment costing $250 (£150) a month instead of the governor’s mansion. He also used to date the singer Linda Ronstadt.

Brown, who is currently the state’s attorney general, officially declared his candidacy on his website.

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A January poll by the Public Policy Institute of California gave Brown a 41 per cent to 36 per cent lead over Republican Meg Whitman. His lead over Steve Poizner, another Republican candidate, was 44 per cent to 29 per cent.

Brown served two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983 and ran for the Democrat nomination for US President three times, coming second to Bill Clinton in 1992.

Read the rest here: ‘Governor Moonbeam’ could return to power in California