Editorial: Brown is the better candidate
Source: San Jose Mercury News editorial board
Have we ever had two candidates for governor as different as Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown? It's hard to imagine -- which is why the choice is so obvious: Jerry Brown is not only the better candidate, he is the right person to restore reason in these times of anger, divisiveness and political posturing run amok.
Last week Brown was ahead in polls -- but the only poll that counts is the vote Tuesday. Your vote could be decisive in this and other races. This is no time to leave matters to others.
There are many serious questions on Tuesday's ballot... But nothing is more important than electing Brown, because state government is the root of so many local problems. We can't afford a lightweight governor spouting platitudes she thinks are new. We need a political grown-up who speaks his mind, actually knows something and can broker a deal -- a nearly lost art in Sacramento. Read more on the San Jose Mercury News Web site: www.mercurynews.com/editorials/ci_16471949