Second of all, if you’re going to write about experience, you might as well have mentioned Republican Tom Campbell, who is arguably more experienced than Jerry Brown (though Campbell was never the governor). Campbell has served with the Reagan administration, was a director at the FTC, was a United States Congressman, was a California State Senator, and is currently the State Finance Director.

Jerry Brown’s career, since being governor back in the 80s, seems to be several failed presidential bids, a failed Sentate bid, hopping around the world to study Zen and help Mother Theresa (which I find very commendable), Mayor of Oakland, and finally Attorney General.

Out of the 4 possible candidates (Brown, Campbell, Poizner, and Whitman), Campbell is probably the most experienced.

And I don’t remember you writing a similar op-ed about John McCain (in terms of age, and looking towards him as a “wise elder”), but I guess I shouldn’t expect much from the Daily Titan.