Tagged Neel Kashkari

Neel Kashkari Is Something Special

I’ve told you that before, of course, but it is worth telling you again, seeing as how Kashkari trounced Jerry Brown in a debate last week. How do we know that Kashkari won? Well, because of this: When asked after the debate if he will agree to participate in another exchange of issues and ideas with his challenger before election day, Brown said, “I think we’ve exposed the differences.” That’s Jerry Brownese for “I know I lost this debate, and I really don’t want to have to repeat the experience, lest my campaign be thrown into utter chaos.” Brown is still the…

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Neel Kashkari on the Jobs Situation in California

Neel Kashkari decided to highlight the bad jobs situation in California by putting “only $40 in my pocket (and no credit cards), a backpack, a change of clothes and a toothbrush,” traveling to Fresno (by Greyhound bus), and seeing whether he could find a job. Any job. It should not have been difficult; as Kashkari points out, “I am an able-bodied 41-year-old. Surely I could find some work.” As it turns out, he wasn’t able to find a single job in the one week during which he carried out his experiment. Not one. Was this something of a publicity stunt…

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Neel Kashkari for Governor of California

George Will discusses Kashkari’s appeal, which might well prove to be considerable, given the politics of the state of California. The state would do well to elect a governor who has more than a passing amount of experience with the private sector, of course; hasn’t California had enough of career politicians like Jerry Brown, who have barely (if ever) worked outside of the political/governmental sphere? And to be sure, Will is right to identify Kashkari as representative of a new brand of Republicanism. If there is anything that the past few years have taught us, it is that the GOP…

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