“Too little, too late”?
Today’s LA Times carries a headline that reads “Brown’s frugal campaign may be too little, too late.”
Here’s what I just posted to the LA Times:
Your headline seems like editorializing: “May be too little, too late.” Says who? You?
As your own piece admits, Brown is ahead in the polls.
California has had plenty of check-writing candidates — Al Checchi, anyone? Whatever became of “Senator” Michael Huffington? — but not one of them has succeeded. That’s not to say that eMeg won’t be the first. But she isn’t there yet, making your coronation seem not just early, but irresponsible.
My long-standing concerns about Jerry Brown’s low-key limp for the governorship have been documented here for quite a while. Most recently here, but also here and here and here (and there are others, if you’d like to search the blog). But given that he’s up against a billionaire who is trying to buy the office (despite never having even bothered to vote before), let’s at least give the guy a chance.