Even California Liberals Should Reject Jerry Brown

July 25 (Bloomberg) -- The mainstream media here inCalifornia and across the country have fallen in love (all overagain) with Jerry Brown. According to the popular narrative,Brown has brought California back from the precipice ofdisaster, balanced its budget and jump-started the state’s job-creating engine.

All of these feats would merit his re-election -- if, infact, they were true. Unfortunately, Brown’s record as governorreflects more failure than actual accomplishment. He wonelection in 2010 by promising to be a no-nonsense problem-solverwho was pragmatic, not ideological. But a closer look at Brown’srecord reveals a string of missed opportunities and brokenpromises that ought to disappoint conservatives and liberalsalike.