Brown's extensive record of support for abortion rights is clear. So is the choice in this primary: Jerry Brown should be the Democrats' nominee for attorney general.
OAKLAND Mayor Jerry Brown has just about done it all in public life: community college board, secretary of state, two-term governor of California, Democratic Party state chairman, three-time candidate for president, one-time candidate for U.S. Senate and, finally, mayor of the Bay Area's third-largest city.
So, when Brown announced his candidacy for state attorney general, it begged the question -- was this merely the most convenient available office for a perpetual candidate, or was there a plausible argument for putting Brown in charge of what amounts to the state's law firm?
In the Democratic primary campaign, Brown has made a good case that he wants this particular job and that his skills and seasoning make him a sensible fit for the office.
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The 45-year-old Delgadillo is personable, polished and obviously in a hurry to achieve higher office. However, his campaign has come across as desperate at best, disingenuous at worst, in trying to challenge Brown's abortion-rights credentials in television ads. The "evidence" in the ads is flimsy and unfair: It centers on Brown's 1988 effort, at the behest of Mother Teresa, on behalf of an anti-abortion protester who had spent more than two years in solitary confinement.
Brown's extensive record of support for abortion rights is clear. So is the choice in this primary: Jerry Brown should be the Democrats' nominee for attorney general.
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