The main problem I have with the Jerry Brown side of things is that it is the same logic that gave is Obama. Obama will do more damage in one year, than anyone could have ever imagined. As bad as Whitman might be, the state could not survive even more tax increases, its own single payor health plan, and the final destruction of what is left of business here.
It can be argued that the same logic that urges us to vote for increasingly liberal Republicans against our better judgment is the logic that gave us Obama.
Our participation in voting for liberal Republicans again and again, rewarding them with victory, has pushed the "center" so far left that a guy as socialist as Obama not only became possible, he became inevitable.
Liberal Republicans will only cease to dominate the Republican party when Republicans vote such that Liberal Republicans lose. Out of fear, out of lack of courage, we have rewarded Liberal Republicans time and time again with victory in the polls. NO WONDER the Republican party has become so liberal -- we are paying the piper for voting out of panic and fear rather than confidence and courage.
We Republicans who enabled the Republican party to become so liberal are as responsible for Obama as the Democrats.