. >> joining me are jill tucker "san francisco chronicle" education writer. david crane, stanford lecturer and president of political advocacy organization, governor california and john myers joining us from sacramento. almost to all of you. and john starting with you, a big week for the governor. you were there when he unveiled the budget. what are your take aways? >> the big message is it continues what brown has done since he has come to office which is chart a middle path between more spending and not spending enough. and the other part that i find interesting here is that it showed i think the governor's skills as politician. the guy likes to talk about policy and i don't think people think of him as a pure politician but he had a couple of good moves here. he outflanked democrats in the legislature on issues about the working par with tax credits and i think also he scored a win/win on the issue of tuition raises at uc with janet that pal tan know in these private meetings. they unveiled this deal that showed that brown is a good politician. i think tha