Joe Biden is reopening the playbook for a 'change-back' campaign that seemed uniquely suited for Jerry Brown when California was in crisis.
California voters may have a feeling, when they watch this year’s presidential campaign, that they’ve seen this before — not a change election, but one toThe government was in crisis. A brash leader’s years-long effort to blow up the system and make it function like a business had flopped. A logjammed legislature was flailing amid an economic collapse. Voters were incensed — and sick of all the change.
at the close of the tumultuous Schwarzenegger era. “At a time of chaos and confusion, a steady hand should be the one people pick.” The two men also have taken parallel approaches toward their party. Both resisted pressure to follow a more aggressive, louder course pushed by strategists and left-leaning activists.
Biden keeps plodding along, slowly and steadily, on simple themes of integrity and empathy — just as he did amidat the start of the Democratic nomination race this year, when voters in Iowa and New Hampshire soundly rejected him. Brown, too, laid low, resisting pressure to step things up as Whitman spent $100 million over the summer of 2010 on a deluge of advertising.“She became more of an established impression than I was at that point,” Brown said.
A decade ago, one anti-Brown ad featured a retro LP record, emblazoned with a photo of a young Brown; it spun as the narrator reviewed his decades in politics, and then melted amid the retelling of his alleged failures. The spot, full of timeworn images of Brown, only seemed to remind viewers that he had broad experience.
During his interview with The Times, Brown reached for one of several books written about him, this one published in 1977: “Phantom Politics: Campaigning in California.” The book is hardly flattering — it’s a searing critique of Brown’s vagueness as a politician.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
'Little brown girl': Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furoreA cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as 'this little brown girl'.
Weiterlesen »
Jerry Jones promises ‘grace’ as he and Cowboys discuss kneeling during national anthemJerry Jones promises 'grace' as he and Cowboys discuss kneeling during national anthem
Weiterlesen »
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones addresses national anthem stance, says he will listen to playersUntil Wednesday, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had not made any public comments since the May 25 death of George Floyd.
Weiterlesen »
Jerry Jones suggests wiggle room over Cowboys' anthem policyWhile he reiterated his belief in standing for the anthem in his annual pre-training camp meeting with reporters, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried to say he intended to be more open to the points of view of players.
Weiterlesen »
Jerry Jones Reconsidering Cowboys' Stance On Anthem Kneeling, 'I Am Listening'The team owner says he'll have discussions with Cowboys players over the anthem policy.
Weiterlesen »