Brown is one of the most interesting and unpredictable politicians in the country. As a candidate for AG, he's talking about protecting a woman's right to choose and defending stem-cell research, aggressively taking on environmental crimes (something he's always been good on) — and enforcing the death penalty, even though he doesn't believe in it. He reluctantly came around to supporting same-sex marriage during the primary. He hasn't said a word about the Bay Area newspaper merger.
But there really isn't much choice here: Brown's opponent, state senator Charles Poochigian of Fresno, is antichoice and progun, opposed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's global warming proposals, and is one of the most right-wing candidates on the November ballot.
