The latest poll out of California shows that the synergy between the quirky politician and his just-as-quirky electorate may be working again — at the very least, it is far too early to write his political obituary. I’ve never fully trusted published polls in California, and the Public Policy survey released this week by TPM is no exception, but for the sake of argument (and a column), there are some findings worth noting. According to this survey, Jerry Brown now leads Republican nominee Meg Whitman 46 percent to 40 — outside the margin of error but by no means decisive. Just before the June Republican primary, which Whitman won handily, Brown lead by 12 to 15 points in published polls. In the weeks since, Whitman pulled even and then slightly ahead in publicly released polling. Now, in at least this one survey, Brown has regained the lead.

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