CA Gov-elect Brown: "It's my job to try to sow some unity and clarity out of muddle and division"

[pinto]

"What does California need, what does California want and what is California prepared to pay?"

He added: "I'm going to try to close the gap between reality and perception here."

Brown vows to sow unity and clarity out of muddle and divison

By Michael J. Mishak
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 3, 2010.

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-brownreax3-m,0,3051172.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews+%28L.A.+Times+-+Top+News%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

[frazzled]

1. Oh noes ... unity!

He just said he wants to compromise with Republicans!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I trust you're kidding...

He did NOT say that. He's not Obama. He will knock heads and be aggressive as needed.

[arbusto_baboso]

4. Exactly. He's saying what he has to say. But he knows how to play hardball.

I wouldn't ever want to cross Jerry Brown. Meg whitman did, and look what happened to her...

[frazzled]

7. Yes, I was kidding, and no, Obama did not say that either

I was mocking the people (Tom Hartman?) who rephrase liberally (and I don't mean that in a political sense).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I'm glad!

Thanks for clarifying...

:hi:

[FreeState]

6. He doesn't even need to compromise at all to get stuff done

The Senate: 25 D/15 R
THe Assembly: 48 D/32 R

[Old and In the Way]

2. My hope is that Jerry Brown and California show us the way out of this economic mess.

Large scale mass transportation projects and decentralizing solar power to build a new economic model and engine for this country. California has the right governor and a political position to make it happen.

[pinto]

5. Agree, the right Governor and a big economic / political position. I hope so as well.

:thumbsup:

[alanquatermass]

9. GO JERRY!

I voted for JB yesterday and thank Almighty God (well, actually, thank my Higher Power, LOL!) that he won!!!

Just hope ol' Jerry can turn this state around by making it more compassionate and (dammit, I'm not afraid to use the world) Progressive than it was under Ah-nold!

We need to start increasing help to the poor and the hungry... and start rebuilding Cali's collapsing educational infrastructure... and implement a greener approach to Industry by MANDATING its compliance with environmentally sound business practices... and start taxing the holy fucking CRAP out of the obscenely Wealthy (and their numbers are Legion)...

And don't even think about imposing "Arizona-style" (read: Gestapo-style) immigration laws.

That is all.

[eleny]

10. This was an uplifting speech

Brown knows how to rally the troops for the hard road ahead. He won but he's got a huge job to do and he just laid it on the line how everyone is in it together.

Congrats to California and good luck digging out.