The anti-Arnold runs for governor

Former Congressman Tom Campbell, who won praise this week from the stuffy George Will, is running for governor of California.

Libertarian-leaning (and unashamed), the economics professor who studied under Milton Friedman faces long odds at getting the nomination, much less winning in November 2010. But he has remarkable insight — "don't just do something, stand there" — when it comes to economics.

As Mr. Will wrote, "Colorful he is not." And among his opponents he counts the extremely colorful Jerry Brown and rainbow-tinted Gavin Newsom. But he seems to know his stuff.