Jerry Brown urges unions to go on the offensive

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Reporting from Sacramento
Faced with the daunting prospect of being significantly outspent by his likely Republican opponent, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown spoke to a labor group Tuesday and urged it to go on the offensive.

"We're going to attack whenever we can, but I'd rather have you attack," Brown said at a gathering of the California delegation of the Laborers' International Union of North America in Sacramento. "I'd rather be the nice guy in this race. We'll leave to . . . the Democratic Party and others."

The statement drew a quick attack of its own from Republican Meg Whitman, the front-runner for her party's nomination.

"This is a troubling example of the cynical style of politics that helped create the terrible crisis California now faces," Whitman said in a statement released by her campaign office. "In his announcement for governor, Jerry Brown promised us an 'insider's knowledge but an outsider's mind.' Clearly, the insider and the labor unions are in full control."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown18-2010mar18,0,617313.story

[Jennicut]

1. I hope Jerry kicks her butt.

Ugg. Between Whitman and Fiorina who is the more annoying Repub candidate?

[Brother Buzz]

3. Throw Taitz into the mix and you have a trifecta

Pretty long odds anyway you look at it.

[mdmc]

2. Wear that smile, never frown!

Governor Jerry Brown!

[Grand Taurean]

4. Whitman is an ugly hag.

Inside and out, not to mention a hypocrite. God forbid she succeeds Arnie.