Will ‘canoe theory’ guide California’s next governor?

Will ‘canoe theory’ guide California’s next governor?

Republican Gov. Earl Warren's avoidance of ideological excess established a style of governance that Gov. Jerry Brown, a Warren admirer, aptly described this approach as the “canoe theory”: “The way you have to approach the political process is something like piloting a canoe…. If you paddle a little bit on the left side, then you paddle a little bit on the right side, you keep going right down the middle.”