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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHelp me. Why do I never hear Jerry Brown for President?
Hasn't he done an amazing job cleaning up and fixing the economy in California? He's been a tough leader. He is popular. I'm in FL and don't knwo a lot about him though. Just curious.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)Food for thought...
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)in 1976, 1980, and 1992, so it's kind of doubtful that he'd try it a 4th time.
vi5
(13,305 posts)I'm in my 40's and I remember in the 70's and 80's he was known as/thought of as kind of a whackadoo California hippie. Sort of the precursor to a Dennis Kucinich type.
I like him and would maybe vote for him, but he hasn't always been taken very seriously at all, so that may come back to haunt him.
Sorry I don't have details or more specifics but I honestly don't remember a lot of them. Just speaking very generally.
The_Commonist
(2,518 posts)The guy who did coke with Linda Ronstadt?
I don't think he'll be running for prez again.
vi5
(13,305 posts)I remembered that nickname but I wasn't sure if I was thinking about someone else.
cali
(114,904 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)A couple of recent posts in GD:
Ahh What the hell, Jerry Brown for President.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025785502
Bill Maher: Jerry Brown Is A GREAT CHOICE For President, If Voters Didnt Hate Older People
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025786274
krawhitham
(4,651 posts)He would be 79 after his 1st 90 days as president plus he has skin & prostate cancer
Myrina
(12,296 posts).... loved what he stood for then, and now, but he's got ALOT of 'skeletons' in his closet from his prior terms as "Governor Moonbeam" that the RW Nut-machine would have a field day with.
Granted, JB would tell them to go fuck themselves and it would be wonderful to have a candidate with no-holds-barred cojones, but I don't think he could make it out of the primary season.
bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)If that's what you're talking about why couldn't Brown do the same.
He's a happily married man (no more rock stars) now and is in a perfect position to say "You want a saint or a statesman?"
Maybe Americans might just be grown up enough to say "A statesman". He sure wiped the floor with Meg Whitman when she pulled out the negative stuff.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)I'd love to see him make a run for it but due to his age and health issues I could understand if he didn't.
What concerns me is that most of the Democrats likely candidates; Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and even Elizabeth Warner aren't a hell of a lot younger.
onenote
(42,821 posts)Here is how old each of these candidates would be (or was) on election day:
Brown: 78 (first term); 82 (second term)
Sanders: 75 (first term); 79 (second term)
McCain: 72 (first term); 76 (second term)
Clinton: 69 (first term); 73 (second term)
Reagan: 69 (first term); 73 (second term)
Warren: 67 (first term); 71 (second term)
Warren and Clinton would both be younger at the start of their second terms than Brown would be at the start of his first.
TBF
(32,118 posts)he's run before. I thought Linda Ronstandt would be a kick ass first lady!
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)I probably wouldn't support either one, though.