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I’m with you on “Governor Moonbeam”—I like Jerry Brown. He has the experience and he is, as you say, a Democrat. The candidates for the right-wing side in any of the races are, let’s face it, too NUTTY for me…just completely BONKERS!

California got into budget trouble as far back as 2003, with the gas and oil prices spiked to more than $5 a gallon almost overnight after the illegal invasion of Iraq, even though there was a GLUT of reserves. The BIG-OIL companies and the oilmen in the White House made a financial KILLING in just the first quarter of the year and every subsequent quarter period thereafter, but ordinary citizens and small businesses maxed out credit cards and spent all their savings or retirement funds just to get gas to and from work. Prices rose due to higher shipping costs, and tourist travel fell to barely a TRICKLE, so states like California that rely on those tourist dollars and also holiday spending each year in order to balance their budgets were left in the lurch! Schwartzeneggar did the wrong thing—he cut jobs in a desparate attempt to balance the budget and, in so doing, also cut down on consumer spending and tax revenues from those paychecks. Republicans are simply NOT any good with the budget so long as they stick to the whole deregulation-supply side route.

I think Jerry Brown’s the right choice for California governor.

I don’t like Meg Whitman, but she supports limited government and that is great. Anyone who thinks that spending less and cutting taxes will stimulate the economy has my vote on the state level. Also, since the Dems will likely win the state house and senate, there absolutely needs to be some gridlock by a Republican governor. This will ensure fair redistricting and more compromise on such things as the debt and budget.

Whitman

The only one qualified for governor is Jerry Brown. Meg Whitman is a lost cause…