Gov. Jerry Brown in a steamy political scandal? Unlikely.
Another national economic collapse? Also a long shot.
After last week’s primary election, the real question is: Does a rookie Republican like Neel Kashkari have any chance of toppling a popular governor in an ultrablue state?
California political experts say only Brown’s, ahem, death could keep him from winning an unprecedented fourth term in November. But even the Grim Reaper himself wouldn’t necessarily lift Kashkari to victory: California election laws give even candidates in coffins the right to stay alive on the ballot.