Jerry Brown's Bad Night

Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman met for their third debate tonight and it was not Jerry Brown's finest moment (from the LA Times):

One of the sharpest moments in the debate has come after moderator Tom Brokaw broached the recent recording of someone on Jerry Brown’s campaign calling Meg Whitman a “whore” during an endorsement phone call.

Brown began by dismissing the recording, calling it a “five-week-old private conversation” before eventually offering a half-hearted apology to Whitman for the “garbled transmission.”

She didn’t accept it. “It’s not just me but the people of California who deserve better than slurs,” Whitman said.

The remark, she said, was “not befitting of the office you are running for.”

Brown began to defend the recording again, saying he was “not even sure it’s legal,” suggesting the campaign had not consented to being recorded. Brown’s former communications director, in his attorney general’s office, resigned after secretly recording interviews with reporters.

Has anyone ever seen Jerry Brown smile? The guy looks sour and mad all the time. It's like Meg is debating Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.