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If you've watched TV in the past month, there's a good chance you've witnessed the back-and-forth bashing between GOP gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner. Over on the Democrat side of the June 8th primary, however, it's been very, very quiet. So quiet, in fact, today front-runner Jerry Brown finally launched his first ad today. it's a compare and contrast piece of sorts, where the noises of legislature and GOP primary make him look like a zen master who will bring California back.