Brown touts experience, 'knowledge'

Announcing his run for governor of California, Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) billed himself as a technocrat with an "insider's knowledge but an outsider's mind."

"The key is knowledge," Brown said Tuesday in a video posted on his campaign website. "I've seen our government from every angle."

One of his Republican rivals was quick to dismiss Brown's candidacy.

"This election will be about the future of California, not the past," Steve Poizner (R), former state insurance commissioner, said in a statement. "Our state needs bold, new conservative solutions that will jumpstart our economy and bring jobs back to California."

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R) is also running for the GOP nod. Her campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Brown's video is available after the jump.