Pat Brown was a committed progressive who actually believed in both social and economic progress.

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The problem is not just Mr Davis (though he notably lacks the charisma of, say, Governor Pat Brown, who oversaw the academic and highway spending of the 1960s).

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Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University Los Angeles, noted that old-fashioned boots-on-the-ground union campaigning won out in the hotly contested Zimmer-Anderson race.

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So with your success here in Pennsylvania, what you've shown us is that when we provide the right support and incentives, then business leaders like Pat Burns and Jeff Brown, they're going to take the chance to invest in our communities.

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And I also have to recognize Pat Burns, who hosted us at the Fresh Grocer today. (Applause.) Pat hosted us, just as Jeff Brown hosted Secretary Vilsack and others at his supermarket last summer.

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He joins Don Nelson, Lenny Wilkens, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, Larry Brown and George Karl in the exclusive club.

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