Why wait?
With $17 million in the bank and a job approval rating of 60 percent among likely voters, political experts and consultants say, Brown can delay the formal start of his candidacy with little risk of hurting his chances in June’s open primary or November’s general election. He gets to put off answering tough questions about his aspirations or thorny policy problems.
Besides, making people sweat a little is part of the wily veteran’s unorthodox style.
“Jerry Brown has been adroit at pitching himself as socially progressive and fiscally prudent, and any Democrat who makes that straddle in California cannot be defeated,” said Garry South, a Democratic strategist who ran Gray Davis’ two successful races for governor.
“Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa could come back from the dead and run in this race, and they still wouldn’t be able to beat Jerry Brown in 2014.”
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