Bill Maher raised a good point, what is wrong with Gov Jerry Brown of California

[La Lioness Priyanka]

besides his age? why does no one seem to think that he should run for office?

[arcane1]

1. I would LOVE to vote for him!

[Indydem]

2. Besides his age?

He would be 78 during the election, Almost 79 when he took the office.

Which makes him almost 87 when he leaves office.

So. Yeah. His age.

[Recursion]

15. "Besides Tsongas's health, what's wrong?..." (nt)

[Recursion]

3. He's 156 years old

He knew John C. Fremont.

Other than that...?

[cali]

4. His age is not a minor factor. He'll be 78 in 2016, and that's just too old-

not to mention that he's had major health problems.

[Zorra]

5. He's an effective constructive, progressive leader. Even if he was 100 yrs old he'd

be better than any Third Way/Blue Dog/New Dem type sell out.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. right, so why do we never discuss him as a candidate

that was maher's point

[Zorra]

10. Good question. Thanks for the OP.

[eissa]

9. That he is, but

it doesn't bode well for us that we have no one younger who fits that progressive profile. We're supposed to be the party of the young and educated, as opposed to the old white folks party who we've been told for years are "dying off."

[KamaAina]

12. Progressive?

You must be thinking of the guy who dated Linda Ronstadt back in the '70s. Today's Jerry Brown balanced the budget mess he inherited from Ahh-nuld largely on the backs of the poor, slashing Medi-Cal (Medicaid), CalWORKS (welfare-to-work), and other social safety net programs to the bone.

[Dawgs]

6. Who said he shouldn't run for office?

And, that's a question for you and Bill Maher.

Isn't it sometimes up to the person themselves to give a hint that they are interested?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. warren has said NO a million times, and yet we are constantly discussing her as a potential

[Dawgs]

11. Exactly. n/t

[theboss]

13. He's a thousand years old and was a candidate in two other decades

It just seems odd.

If he couldn't get support in the 70s or 90s, why today?

[Recursion]

14. Brown *succeeded in office* the man who later became the oldest POTUS ever

And that was 40 years ago.

There's no "besides his age" here. He's an amazing man from the wrong generation for what we need.

[Recursion]

16. Or, to put it more uncomfortably:

He's an amazing man who offers the best of the last generation's solutions to the last generation's problems.

It's not a good sell.

[fredamae]

17. This and a few other similar issues

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/13/1344686/-30-000-People-Urge-California-s-Gov-Brown-to-Halt-Offshore-Fracking