Brown says he's ready to govern people 'openly committed

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/brown-says-hes-ready-to-govern-people-openly-committed-to-their-inadequate-ideas.html
Brown says he's ready to govern people 'openly committed to their inadequate ideas'

Jerry Brown smiled. The Democratic gubernatorial nominee was halfway through his stump speech Monday morning in San Diego when the crowd in the courtyard of Café Coyote started chanting his name: “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”

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“We gotta tackle the tough problems, we gotta live within our means and we gotta bring everybody together,” Brown said. “We’re winning as Democrats but we have to govern as Californians.”

Brown had to compete with the music from a Mexican restaurant across the street as he told the crowd of hundreds about his plans to invest in renewable energy, which he said could help “rebuild the automobile industry” through production of the electric car. He also took a shot at his Republican rival, Meg Whitman, reminding the crowd of his own two terms as governor three decades ago.

“The reason why people come to California, they want new opportunity,” Brown said. “Even Meg Whitman came to California because she was sitting there somewhere back on the East Coast, where the snow was falling, and she looked at California and said, ‘Boy that young governor out there, boy what a job he’s doing.’” He continued: “We welcomed the Whitmans to California and the millions of other people who came. This is the land of imagination and creativity and where people of all backgrounds, of all colors, can find their dreams and realize them, and we oughta keep that going.”

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1. Just got back from the Los Angeles event - all major dems on ticket were there!

It was good, Kamala Harris was really impressive. I hear she's not doing well here in LA which is to bad. Newsom was good too, I wonder how he's doing in the polls, anyone know?

LIked the speech from Jerry, crowd was enthusiastic. But it got quiet when he said he didn't want to repeal the capital gains tax, he wants to "live within our means." Then he swung right into the green jobs part and things perked back up. Why he is for keeping the capital gains tax is a mystery to me.

[JDPriestly]

2. I also just got back from the L.A. rally for the Democratic ticket.

It was great. Lots of enthusiasm. And, yes, Kamala Harris was the surprise.

[K8-EEE]

4. Me too!!

Fun rally and beautiful day! I was kind of wishing I had booked a table at Pinot outside for it....

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3. Go Jerry!!

I live in a state who is the major offender of hiring illegal Mexicans. NC. Or so I read.

We have a large population of Mexcans, harder working, polite, family oriented extremely warm people. I can communicate because I'm Portuguese and my huband is Cuban, both of us first generation born in the USA.

We've hired them, used them, they are here. They deserve a method to make it right that they stay. Just my 2 cents.

Viva Mexico! Viva Jerry Brown.