Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown Making it Easy for Whitman

Thank you, Moonbeam, for playing the role of the crotchety old miser so very well:

Some strategists fear the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and his meager staff are relying too much on decades-old name recognition and waiting too long to go on the offensive against Meg Whitman.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman barely paused to take a breath after her landslide primary victory, saturating the airwaves with ads, raising money across the state, trying to woo traditionally Democratic voters and using her massive campaign machine to drive the conversation in her race against rival Jerry Brown.

Brown, meanwhile, is off the air, has yet to reach out to key voter blocs in any strategic way and has gotten more attention for gaffes than for policy proposals.

So far I've seen exactly one add promoting Jerry Brown, and it doesn't even tell you why you should vote for him. It's a just some grainy old footage of Meg Whitman that features a whiny reporter asking her why she hadn't voted in years. The ad doesn't tell you why she can't be governor or why Jerry Brown should be governor. It's a waste of money.

Jerry Brown is going to get "Poiznered", outspent so badly in the early campaign he can't possible make up the damage later.  And California will be better for it.